basement

1. a. The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Source: opted

2. n. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage Source: wordnet

3. n. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture Source: wordnet

4. The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed. Source: webster

5. The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a partof that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base,n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a singlelayer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in manyorgans, the epithelioid cells are disposed. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage n. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture Source: ecdict

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