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in the basement vs on the basement

The correct phrase is 'in the basement' and is the appropriate prepositional phrase when referring to the location of something inside a building below ground level.
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Explained by Michele A.
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Last updated: August 31, 2024

in the basement

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'in the basement' when referring to the location of something inside a building below ground level.

Examples:

  • The storage room is in the basement.
  • We found old photographs in the basement.
  • The party will be held in the basement.
  • There's a leak in the basement.
  • The workshop is located in the basement.
  • The scared little six-year-old in the basement.
  • Poker game in the basement next Saturday.
  • Maybe you'd like to put a still in the basement.
  • My suitcase is in the basement.
  • Sutton cold-cocked me in the basement.
  • They first began working in the basement.
  • The employment records are in the basement.
  • He's downstairs in the basement.
  • Just left me in the basement to...
  • They're rehearsing right now down in the basement.
  • There's a perfect place down in the basement.
  • He's one of the two men we found in the basement.
  • Now I remember why we put the lab in the basement.
  • You'll have to go downtown and see Marie in the basement.
  • I have extended my consciousness to this house by terminal in the basement.
  • There's two more in the basement.
  • There's a guy in the basement.
  • The server room is in the basement.
  • There's a bomb in the basement.
  • I found these weird Russian beers in the basement.

on the basement

This phrase is not correct in English. 'On the basement' is not a standard or commonly used expression.

  • Me for not fixing the latch on the basement door.
  • I'll put a lock on the basement door.
  • The maintenance room is a way down on the basement level.
  • EMT said his mother found him on the basement floor.
  • While trying to find Toofer's dental records in Personnel down on the basement mezzanine, I pulled your file.
  • OK, so, just found this on the basement door.
  • I was working on the basement and then I left.
  • The north exit will put you on the basement level.
  • Billy is circling the perimeter with the ESU and the security cameras have eyeballs on the basement as well as the ventilation crawl spaces.
  • We Put A Lock On The Basement Door.
  • Now, beyond that dog-sneeze in a pair of Reeboks is a state-of-the-art keypad on the basement door.
  • But the police found your fingerprints on the basement doorknob, the basement where the power was cut right before Luca was shot.
  • DAVID: That key to the lock on the basement door is missing.
  • He left the walkie-talkie on the table in the basement.
  • I got her in the basement on the South side.
  • Look, I heard some radio squawk on the terrorists about something going on in the basement.
  • These are some student affairs going on in the basement of the pi sig house.
  • Maybe I'll drop by, see what you're working on in the basement.
  • No... like a crazy kid experimenting on things in the basement.
  • There's a Russian informant who died of polonium poisoning currently on ice in the basement.

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