A floor of a building below ground level. / (geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

An impure light brown sugar containing molasses.

(informal, derogatory) A college or high school course or major that is easy and useless for finding jobs or creating any valuable societal contribution.

A blow with a cudgel or stick.

(transitive) To punish a person by beating the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.

An herb used for seasoning (Ocimum basilicum)

(US) A simple, often damp, basement that has an earth floor.

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. / Indicating bashfulness.

(of a chord or sonority) The lowest note played or notated

A voice with an upper range that is more developed than that of the basso profundo.