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basement
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A floor of a building below ground level.
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The word "basement" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the lowest level of a building, typically either partially or completely below ground level, e.g. "I stored all my old furniture in the basement".
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Built in 1890 by Robert Walker in Portland stone and listed by English Heritage as a site of special historical and architectural interest, the property boasts a penthouse suite with aerial views of the capital, dozens of rooms, spaces for entertaining, and a secure vault in the basement.
The reticent producer cut his teeth running similarly toned, small, dark basement events in Bristol, so he'll be right at home with City Bass's back-to-basics ethos, and his focused, skilful mixing of rarely heard 90s NY house'n'garage with prime UK modernism will put everyone in the right headspace to get down.
Updated at 2.48pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.26am BST10 26 Kirsty Hughes, chief executive of Index on Censorship, has put out this statement following Alan Rusbridger's revelations about how pressure from "shadowy Whitehall figures" led to the Guardian destroying hard drives in a basement.
He was the patron of an alternative medicine charity run by Dr Patrick Pietroni, who had a GP practice in the basement of Marylebone Church.
"She didn't like the way my children behaved, especially when my son, now 55, lit a fire in the basement.
A few detainees were kept in solitary cells in the security branch's basement.
Those who have actually made contributions to society generally end up with the bargain basement honour, the MBE.
"Yeah, right," said Elaine, 56, a volunteer at the Compassion food bank in the basement of the Church of God of Prophecy, which gives food parcels to people whose benefits have been sanctioned.
On Friday, I visited a basement room in Television Centre.
Hepworth gave birth at home in their small basement flat.
But the arts scene buzzes all year round: Helium Comedy Club and Buffalo Ironworks in the Cobblestone district attract rising comedians and bands, and the Babeville music and arts complex, created by local musician Ani DiFranco, is a former Methodist church now home to a record label, an intimate basement club and a music venue that has hosted such luminaries as St Vincent and Modest Mouse.
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