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basementwards

basementwards adverb: towards a basement; basementward.

Adverb

basementwards (not comparable)

  1. Towards a basement; basementward.
    • Another look basementwards, and through heavy plate-glass windows he beholds the He great presses rolling off the editions of the paper.1902, Profitable Advertising, volume 12, issue 2, page 861
    • […] confronted with the big hand "Toys in the Basement" and knowing just where to go, and the room being so easy of access, their steps turn almost unconsciously basementwards.1922, W. B. S, Toys and Novelties, volume 19, page 53

Origin of basementwards

From basement + -wards.

Questions about basementwards

What does basementwards mean?
Basementwards means towards a basement; basementward.
What part of speech is basementwards?
Basementwards is an adverb.

Words near basementwards in the dictionary

  1. basementless
  2. basementlike
  3. basements
  4. basementsful
  5. basementward
  6. basementwards
  7. basementy
  8. basen
  9. basename
  10. basenames
  11. basened

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