Basement
A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are completely or partly below the ground floor. It generally is used as a utility space for a building, where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, ...
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Root cellar
A root cellar (American English), fruit cellar (Mid-Western American English) or earth cellar (British English) is a structure, usually underground. or partially underground, used for storage of vegetables, fruits, nuts, or other foods. Its na ...
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Semi-basement
In architecture, a semi-basement is a floor of a building that is half below ground, rather than entirely such as a true basement or cellar.
Traditionally, semi-basements were designed in larger houses where staff was housed. A semi-basement usu ...