{
    "term": "basement",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/ho/house_2.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a room or rooms in a building, partly or completely below the level of the ground",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Kitchen goods are sold in the basement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **basement flat/apartment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lives in a two-room basement flat."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dark", "unlit", "windowless"],
                "basement + noun": ["apartment", "bar", "flat"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the basement"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪsmənt/",
                "audio": "ba/basement/basement__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪsmənt/",
                "audio": "ba/basement/basement__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent.: probably from archaic Dutch basement ‘foundation’, perhaps from Italian basamento ‘column base’."
}