Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A floor beneath a main basement of a building.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basement lower than the main basement of a building. In the largest modern buildings there are sometimes three or four of these, one below another.
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- noun A
basement located beneath anotherbasement
Etymologies
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Examples
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The building isn't without fault: The unexpected discovery of an underground wellspring early in the construction process forced Mr. Kahn to cancel plans for a subbasement and to build the library 1½ stories higher than planned, contributing to the bulky feel of the exterior.
A Monument to the Life of the Mind Charles S. Dameron 2011
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A video pre-confession from every bomber could still not explain why the subbasement was blown up ...
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For all the horrors you hear about Congress's poisoned atmosphere—its paralysis, its subbasement approval ratings—the handsome marble hallways, filled with American flags, still gleam; wide-eyed constituents still travel them; and it's still hard not to find yourself with something resembling a lump in your throat.
A Pillar of Democracy Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Julia was pretty sure the library didn't have any subbasement stacks, because it didn't have a subbasement.
'The Magician King' 2011
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The call number was odd—it put the book in the subbasement stacks.
'The Magician King' 2011
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These included the Manhattan Project and housing the 'Arsenal' robots in a hidden subbasement in his mansion.
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Three years after the crisis began with a burp in the subprime subbasement, these questions elicit scant consensus.
Robert Teitelman: Transactions: Oct. 18, 2010 Robert Teitelman 2010
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The dropping sensation in her stomach was just an ordinary dropping sensation, the kind you get when you're descending rapidly toward a subbasement full of cheap metal shelving and the buzz of fluorescent lights and exposed pipes with red-painted daisy-wheel valve handles poking out of them at odd angles.
'The Magician King' 2011
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It reached high into the room, standing some four stories taller than the ground floor, and it fell away below their feet into a vastly deep subbasement.
The Dragon’s Apprentice James A. Owen 2010
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Befitting our status, the CRs were in the subbasement, under the parking garage and next to the print shop.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
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