semibasement

[ sem-ee-beys-muhnt, sem-ahy-, sem-ee-beys-, sem-ahy- ]

noun
  1. a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.

Origin of semibasement

1
First recorded in 1870–75; semi- + basement

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