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semibasement

[ sem-ee-beys-muhnt, sem-ahy-, sem-ee-beys-, sem-ahy- ]

noun

  1. a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of semibasement1

First recorded in 1870–75; semi- + basement
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Example Sentences

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She and her mother and two little sisters had rented the little semibasement apartment next' to where Mr. Bodler, the janitor, lived.

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