noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bargain basement (= part of a large shop below ground where the price of goods is reduced )
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Everything is reduced to clear in the bargain basement!
a basement apartment (= below the level of the ground )
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a dark basement apartment
a basement flat (= a flat that is below ground level )
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They lived in a basement flat in South London.
bargain basement
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
apartment
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Their basement apartment cost more than she could afford, but at least she felt at home in Chelsea.
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He gave me the address of his basement apartment .
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Kate's old basement apartment was gutted, painted white, covered with cork pinboard and transformed into Toby's office.
bargain
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Yet it isn't a stripped-out bargain basement model.
door
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Cardiff gingerly touched the basement door handle with his gloved hands, still watching the others.
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She fully expected the basement door to be bolted.
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All I can see is the moment when she came through the basement door .
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They were shrinking back from the basement door .
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No ... not the basement door .
flat
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Keith leaves his basement flat in plenty of time.
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They lived in a basement flat in South London then, he, his wife, and the two little girls.
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He stood almost on the same spot as before, and watched the lighted windows of a basement flat across the way.
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In an urban environment, basement flats are not advisable for the single dweller.
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The police report that over 40 percent of burglaries of urban dwellings are break-ins to basement flats .
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They arrive at the empty basement flat just after one.
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Miss Tan could not be charged with running a brothel because she worked alone in her basement flat .
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She has the basement flat and it's always got this sour damp smell even though she burns joss sticks all day long.
membrane
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Pinocytic vesicles were present near the plasma membrane and basement membrane was present around these cells.
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Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors may act in reducing glomerular basement membrane pore size.
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Most significantly, an interesting similarity to the human basement membrane heparan sulphate proteoglycan core protein was detected.
room
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The basement room is accessed from outside.
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Afterward virtually the entire class adjourned to a windowless basement room in Steinman.
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We had our lab in a basement room of the old building.
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It is a relatively small basement room , so a large imposing piece was out of the question.
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The first light of dawn found Joe in Lucy's basement room at the mews cottage.
window
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He was surprised when she rapped on the basement window .
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We watched it from our basement window .
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Then she moved over to the basement window and contemplated the pairs of legs striding along the pavement to work.
■ VERB
go
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She took off her apron and went upstairs from the basement to suggest the extravagance to Irena.
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The next morning, I go downstairs to my basement .
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When he had fed Basil, Tom went down to the basement .
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They even went down to the basement bomb shelter and shook pillows.
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If Jolly Sensible was a restaurant, everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement .
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At home, in the evenings, my husband might go down to the basement to exercise.
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He went into a basement tavern on Commercial.
lead
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They were standing in a narrow hall, with a bicycle propped against one wall and stairs leading down to a basement .
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He took my hand and led me down the basement stairs, where the world turned on its side once again.
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Lord Denning stated that the position would have been different if the stairs leading to the basement had given way.
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It took Miguel a while before he found the stairs leading down to the basement .
live
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They lived in a basement flat in South London then, he, his wife, and the two little girls.
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He lived in the basement until the middle of January.
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I know that Russell lives in your basement and I am going to kill him.
move
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The income from private tutoring was falling and the Joyces were obliged to move to a basement flat near Brompton Cemetery.
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They moved through the basement , shining flashlights into faces.
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Then she moved over to the basement window and contemplated the pairs of legs striding along the pavement to work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Geophysicists believe the basement rock extends for tens of miles into the earth.
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I had met Evan in the basement near the pool table.
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I ran to the stairs, and down to the basement , to the empty store room.
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In an urban environment, basement flats are not advisable for the single dweller.
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S., had 6 inches of water on the floor and a basement full of water.
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The basement of the house had sustained heavy damage and part of the ceiling on the top floor had collapsed.
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The first light of dawn found Joe in Lucy's basement room at the mews cottage.
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The next morning, I go downstairs to my basement .