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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Word for a floor "underground"

What is the word for a floor underground.

In elevators you see
floors
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3

You say : My office is on the 3rd floor.

How do you say : My parking spot is on -2 floor. My car is on -2 floor.

The car park lets out at floor -2. The entrance to the parking lot is at floor -1.
  

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I'd say "first basement", "second basement", "third basement". Or, if only parking facilities are located on those floors, "parking level 1", "parking level 2", "parking level 3". org/wiki/Storey#Subterranean_floors CJ

  • I'd say "first basement", "second basement", "third basement".
  • Or, if only parking facilities are located on those floors, "parking level 1", "parking level 2", "parking level 3".
  • org/wiki/Storey#Subterranean_floors CJ
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I'd say "first basement", "second basement", "third basement".
Or, if only parking facilities are located on those floors, "parking level 1", "parking level 2", "parking level 3".

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey#Subterranean_floors

CJ

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