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the only room in the house actively trying to flood, crack, and haunt you.
means The plural of basement: the floors of a building partly or fully below ground level, typically used for storage, utilities, or extra rooms.
from From 'base' — the bottom or foundation of a thing — which came into English from Old French 'bas' (low), itself from Late Latin 'bassus' (low, short). The '-ment' suffix, also from Latin via French, turns it into a noun for the lowest built part. The word 'basement' in this architectural sense appears to be a relatively modern formation, likely an 18th-century coinage describing the lowest story of a building.
- radon trap
- radon gas pools here, second leading cause of lung cancer
- flat earth
- most of Florida has none, too much groundwater
- cold storage
- naturally stay cooler, why old root cellars worked
- birthplace
- Amazon, Apple, and HP all began in garages or basements
- weight bearing
- they hold up the entire house above them
windsor castle dungeon — 13th-century fortress basement beneath royal residence in berkshire, england
paris catacombs — 2 million skeletal remains in 300km of limestone quarries beneath paris, france
versailles wine cellar — thousands of bottles stored 40 feet underground beneath louis xiv's palace