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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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basement/cellar

0There is a supermarket in the basement/cellar of the building.02br
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0 Well, Webster's defines cellar 01i 00as 02i 00a basement. but I'd use basement rather than cellar in this sentence. To me, a cellar is something smallish and domestic: a root cellar, a storm cellar.

— Delmobile

  • 0 Well, Webster's defines cellar 01i 00as 02i 00a basement.
  • but I'd use basement rather than cellar in this sentence.
  • To me, a cellar is something smallish and domestic: a root cellar, a storm cellar.
  • ") A commercial space large enough to hold a supermarket would be a basement.
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0 Well, Webster's defines cellar 01i00as 02i00a basement. but I'd use basement rather than cellar in this sentence. To me, a cellar is something smallish and domestic: a root cellar, a storm cellar. There's a "wine cellar" but I don't think that actually has to be literally below ground; I think it can be just a way of referring to a collection of wine ("That restaurant ha
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00According to my dictionaries, both of them are the lowest habitable story of a building, usually below ground level. However, an American student in my school explained to me that a basement is partially below ground, while a cellar is completely below ground. He also told me that in some regions of the U.S., a building could have both - the basement on top of the cel
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0My sense is the same as Del. I'd use basement for your example. In a home a cellar is the same as a basement, but it feels more cramped and small. There's no requirement that I know of for a basement to be partially above ground.0-
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0Hi Barbara,02br
00Just for my curiosity - I've just looked at a couple of real-estate sites on the Internet and found many beautiful houses in the U.S. with the basement. The pictures show the basements have some rectangular windows between the ground and the first floor. In some regions, a basement could be completely below ground, and in some it could be partially below ground - r
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10 That would be extremely unusual for a private home, but it's certainly possible for very large commercial buildings.02br
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0 I've heard of a sub-basement, which I guess is a basement under a basement. 0-
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0I've also heard of a sub-basement. 02br
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00Many homes do have the basement projecting a few feet above ground level, and if the land slopes at all, there could be larger windows on the other side. You can also have a walk-out basement, which means that the land slopes enough that you have a door at ground level on one side of the basement.0-
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0 Hi Jim, Del, and Barbara:02br
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0I go frequently through a building that has the 01b00basement (underground) 02b00parking on two levels: P1 and P2. 0-
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