Basement
Cellar, vault, crypt?
a basement, my grandmother would call our basement a cellar and when i asked what it was she said it was another word (synonym) for basement.
The French word for cellar is cave (pronounced kah'v), and indeed is used by many wine merchants (Cave Robert, etc).
cellar
The French word for cellar is cave (pronounced kah'v), and wine cellar is cave à vin.
The cellar door is unlocked.
Granny is down in the root cellar, right now. The cellar is flooded, again.
The french word for cellar is "la cave" (fem)
The word cellar is a singular noun. The plural is cellars.
Basement
The word 'cellar' is both a verb (cellar, cellars, cellaring, cellared), and a noun (cellar, cellars). Example uses:Verb: He's an avid collector, he has a place underground to cellar his wine.Noun: We've converted the cellar into a playroom.
There is only one correct spelling for "basement" (cellar).A similar word is abasement (reducing in value or honor).