different between basement vs bashment

English

Etymology

base +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?sm?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?sm?nt
• Hyphenation: base?ment

Noun

basement (plural basements)

1. A floor of a building below ground level.

   • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

3. (geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
4. (sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.

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Anagrams

• beastmen, beatsmen

English

Etymology

bash +? -ment

Noun

bashment (countable and uncountable, plural bashments)

1. (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
2. (slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.