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PRONUNCIATION OF BASEMENT APARTMENT

basement apartment  [ˈbeɪsmənt əˈpɑːtmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASEMENT APARTMENT

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conjunction
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Basement apartment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASEMENT APARTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Basement apartment

A basement apartment is an apartment located below street level, underneath another structure—usually an apartment building, but possibly a house or a business. Rent in basement apartments is usually much lower than it is in above-ground units, due to a number of deficiencies common to basement apartments. The apartments are usually cramped, and tend to be noisy, both from uninsulated building noises and from traffic on the adjacent street. They are also particularly vulnerable to burglary, especially those with windows at sidewalk level. In some instances, residential use of below-ground space is illegal, but is done anyway in order for the building owner to generate extra income. A number of noted artistic achievements have occurred in basement apartments occupied by struggling authors, painters, and musicians. Andy Warhol made one of his earliest films, Mrs. Warhol, in the basement apartment of his house, where his mother lived.

Definition of basement apartment in the English dictionary

The definition of basement apartment in the dictionary is an apartment below the ground floor of a building.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASEMENT APARTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
allotment
əˈlɒtmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
appointment
əˈpɔɪntmənt
assortment
əˈsɔːtmənt
commitment
kəˈmɪtmənt
compartment
kəmˈpɑːtmənt
comportment
kəmˈpɔːtmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
disappointment
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt
enactment
ɪnˈæktmənt
excitement
ɪkˈsaɪtmənt
fitment
ˈfɪtmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
mistreatment
ˌmɪsˈtriːtmənt
ointment
ˈɔɪntmənt
pretreatment
priːˈtriːtmənt
recruitment
rɪˈkruːtmənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
treatment
ˈtriːtmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASEMENT APARTMENT

baselard
baseless
baselessly
baselessness
baseline
baseline cost
baseliner
basely
baseman
basemen
basement
basement flat
basementless
baseness
basenji
baseplate
baserunner
baserunning
bases

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASEMENT APARTMENT

advertisement
contentment
cost-of-living adjustment
education department
enchantment
enlistment
fire department
foreign investment
graphic design department
heat treatment
indictment
Justice Department
one-room apartment
police department
power of appointment
resentment
sales department
service department
State Department
studio apartment
the treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of basement apartment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «basement apartment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASEMENT APARTMENT

Find out the translation of basement apartment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of basement apartment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «basement apartment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地下室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apartamento en el sótano
570 millions of speakers

English

basement apartment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तहखाने अपार्टमेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شقة الطابق السفلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подвальное помещение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apartamento de porão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেসমেন্ট অ্যাপার্টমেন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

appartement sous-sol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pangsapuri bawah tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kellerwohnung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地下室のアパート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지하 아파트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basement apartment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

căn hộ tầng hầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடித்தளம் அபார்ட்மெண்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळघर अपार्टमेंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bodrum daire
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appartamento seminterrato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mieszkanie w piwnicy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвальне приміщення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apartament subsol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπόγειο διαμέρισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kelder woonstel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

källaren lägenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjeller leilighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of basement apartment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASEMENT APARTMENT»

The term «basement apartment» is regularly used and occupies the 104.950 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASEMENT APARTMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about basement apartment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASEMENT APARTMENT»

Discover the use of basement apartment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to basement apartment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Real Estate Investor's Tax Guide
Example 2: Basement apartment considered a separate dwelling unit, no exclusion on rental portion. In 2002, Lou buys a three-story townhouse and converts the basement level, which has a separate entrance, into a separate apartment by ...
Vernon Hoven, 2003
2
Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation: Tax ...
The sills of three windows in the accessible basement apartment were lowered to meet emergency egress code requirements. The main entry to this apartment is through a new door that replaced the garage doors. Placing the accessible ...
Susan M. Escherich, Stephen J. Farneth, Bruce D. Judd, 2004
3
The Chicago Way
Luckily, we were able to trace the lines to a basement apartment that faced the alley. The odds were that no one was in the third-floor apartment. They were in the basement apartment, but the problem was that we didn't have a warrant for the ...
Don Herion, 2010
4
The Housing Monster
The fact that a mansion (as a physical structure) is worth fifty times more money than a basement apartment, is not because it provides fifty times more shelter or fifty times more privacy or because it has 25 working smoke detectors to the ...
Prole.info, 2012
5
Landlordom the Land of Jekyll and Hyde: How to Be a ...
Some areas require the basement apartment has two exits, to comply with fire safety regulations, to be legal. Many bungalows have an entrance from the basement to the garage and one from downstairs to the upstairs kitchen with a landing ...
Christine Dorothy, 2012
6
Basement Mentality: Emerging from the Flames, Rising Up ...
What others believed to be a life of freedom and easy living was actually a life of imprisonment. Many days I sat in my mother's basement apartment and looked out of the very small five-feet-long, two-feet-wide window that had no locks on it to  ...
Andre Pough Sr, 2009
7
Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2013
You rented the basement apartment at a fair rental price to college students during the regular school year. You rented to them on a 9-month lease (273 days ). You figured 10% of the total days rented to others at a fair rental price is 27 days.
Ernst & Young, 2012
8
Verdi
By May of 1949 I had the basement apartment ready to rent. Ginny and Gordon Hermanson moved in with two children. The basement had a bathroom, kitchen and living room so it was two rooms. The bathroom was in the basement and we  ...
Verdi Gilbertson, 2010
9
Taxpayer Information Publications
You rented the basement apartment at a fair rental price to college students during the regular school year. You rented to them on a 9-month lease (273 days ). You figured 10% of the total days rented to others at a fair rental price is 27 days.
10
Internal Revenue Service tax information publications
You rented the basement apartment at a fair rental price to college students during the regular school year. You rented to them on a 9-month lease (273 days ). During June (30 days), your brothers stayed with you and lived in the basement  ...
United States. Internal Revenue Service, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASEMENT APARTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term basement apartment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Suite opponents firm on opinion
That basement apartment was essentially a death trap. There have been two close calls this year, with homeowners facing charges after fires ... «Calgary Sun, Jul 15»
2
Rep. Joe Heck announces Nevada Senate run
“We lived in a one room basement apartment. ... I learned from an early age the value of working hard, serving others and never giving up ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
A goon grows in Gotham, or, a henchman's progress
And walking back to his basement apartment from what turned out to be a nearly fatal cat burglary — rain and high windows proving a losing ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
Ruth Brown's life has been full of family, good times
She said that they lived in a basement apartment in a house with an Italian lady who was kind of strange. One day Ruth drove Marvin to work at ... «Teague Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Remorseless killer handed life with no parole for 17 years
Court heard how Keene strangled Flanagan, 33, while he was on top of her in his basement apartment, cut her apart, put her in a hockey bag, ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
6
Rent out your home but make sure you're insured for the orgy
“Permanent rental of a portion of the home, such as a basement apartment, is usually acceptable, but must be disclosed and can result in a ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
7
Police identify second suspect in Leslieville home invasion
On June 25 at 2 a.m., police allege two men, one armed with a gun, burst into a basement apartment in the area of Gerrard Street East and ... «CP24 Toronto's Breaking News, Jul 15»
8
How Leafs tickets won a six-way bidding war for an Ajax house
Mr. Butler says his clients, who were married on May 23, were living in a basement apartment while they missed out on one house after another ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
9
Larry Fisher's crimes sent David Milgaard to prison for 23 years
In November, 1968, the young family rented a basement apartment at 334 Avenue O South on Saskatoon's west side, where they lived for ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
10
Road closures continue after massive water main break floods …
... the bedroom telling him water was gushing in through a closed window from Georgia Avenue at their basement apartment. The family had to ... «MyFox Washington DC, Jul 15»

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