Category:Basements

**kelder**
	below-ground floor of a building
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Subklasse fan	subterranea; building component; Ferdjipping;
Ûnderdiel fan	hûs; bouwurk;
Different from	cellar;
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<nowiki>sótano; Изба; beci; 地下室; källare; Beci; підвал; подвал; Basamento; 지하실; kelo; sklep; Käia; Sklep; sous-sol; Podrum; pinca; tầng hầm; pagrabs; Skleps; подрум; 地下室; Keller; Tē-hā-sek; kjeller; ನೆಲಮಾಳಿಗೆ; ژێرزەمین; basement; سرداب; 地庫; alagsor; Soto; Suétanu; soterrani; Daeargell; ор; Bodrumi; podval; 地下室; kelder; 地下室; Gindi; מרתף; идән асты; तहख़ाना; 地下室; kellarikerros; 地下室; podrum; 竇; kelder; seminterrato; Нӳхреп; 地下室; pivnica; падвал; падвал; идән асты; bodrum; podrum; বেসমেন্ট; karzinžir; cave; Keller; سرداب; Keller; rūsys; klet; idän astı; Silong; подрум; Rubanah; piwnica; подвал; ondergrondse verdieping; kælder; Kjellar; Ch'lyi; 地下室; Soto; Подрум; υπόγειο; íoslach; recinto ubicado debajo de la tierra; ভবনের প্রথম তলের নিম্ন তল; épület föld alatt található szintje; падземны ўзровень будынку; recinte ubicat sota terra; unter der Erde liegendes geschlossenes Gebäudebauteil; приземље зграде; подземни спрат зграде; bir yapının yol düzeyinden aşağıda kalan bölümü; 地面より下に作られた部屋; kasa-kasa na gini; underjordiskt våningsplan; zawrjeny dźěl twarjenje w podzemju; חלק תת קרקעי של מבנה; ondergrondse verdieping van een gebouw; partie d’un bâtiment qui est en dessous du rez-de-chaussée; этаж здания с уровнем пола ниже уровня земли более чем на половину высоты помещений; talossa maan alla oleva kerros; 집 등에서 아래에 땅을 파서 만든 방; below-ground floor of a building; طابق تحت الأرض; podzemní místnosti či podlaží v budově; below-ground floor of a building; sotano; pince; сутарэньне; подвальный этаж; подземный этаж; подпол; Kellergeschoß; Kellergeschoss; hầm; سردآبه; سردآب; سردابه; 地窖; 窖; 地庫; 竇; pivniță; subsol; Basement; Silungan; Tushe; källarvåning; källarplan; Мазе; пивниця; Sous-sol; Ruang bawah tanah; Kelero; 地下階; kellari; cellar; قبو; sklepení; karzin</nowiki>

Basement is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in two senses relating to construction: structurally as "The lowest or fundamental portion of a structure" and spatially "The lowest storey (not a cellar) of a building, esp. when sunk below the general ground level.". The Century Dictionary (CD) agrees with both of these senses, the lowest supporting member or a room partially or completely below ground but distinguished from a cellar. Cellar comes from Latin cellarium, a pantry or receptacle for food but a general sense of a storeroom is obsolete and in OED means "an underground room or vault." In the CD cellar means an underground or partially underground room for storage but not for habitation. However, common usage these terms are often used as synonyms.