Meaning & use

subbasement

noun·Everyday

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a floor of a building located below the main basement level

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The old theater's subbasement housed the boiler room and storage vaults.

Security kept the archives locked away in a subbasement beneath the museum.

A note on using this word

Common in large buildings such as hospitals, hotels, and skyscrapers that need multiple underground levels.

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