basement window

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basement
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/
a part of a building consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of ...
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window
noun
uk
/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us
/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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(Definition ofbasementandwindowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Abasementwindowhad been broken and petrol had been poured through and ignited.
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Just south of a single exposedbasementwindow, wooden steps climb up to enter a projecting gabled vestibule from the north.
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There is also a smallbasementwindowon the east side.
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There is a smallbasementwindowon this elevation.
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It is also revealed that the students teased the deformed boy through thebasementwindow, stealing his mask and revealing his monstrous face.
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Abasementwindowbroke open allowing high winds to drive the fire, which scorched at both men.
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Thebasementwindowopenings of that house are still visible in the retaining wall of the playground.
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Their front faces have basket-arched sash windows, and the north wing has an additionalbasementwindow.
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It is, however, able to pull its chain out of the wall and observe the outside world through thebasementwindow.
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Realizing they are still in there he runs in through thebasementwindowand looks for them.
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They suddenly hear noises from the room upstairs and start to run out of the house, but find thebasementwindowthey entered from mysteriously covered by iron bars.
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The other room is barely lit (only by abasementwindow), with access from the first floor and the ground level of the rock is the forgotten.
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The basement windows have been bricked in, as has the first-story window at the north end.
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Security bars can be reintroduced at the basement windows if required.
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The basement windows are small arched openings grouped in pairs.
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Other neo-classical elements included keystones over the basement windows and keystones over the pedimented entry doors at the basement level.
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The four basement windows have single sashes of nine panes each.
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The house has thirty windowsfive on the south, ten on the west, one on the north, four on the east, and ten basement windows.
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The smaller exposed basement windows have brick lintels and concrete sills.
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Basement windows at ground level give a little light to the underground chapels of the crypt.
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