No. 14,904 in Russian
подвал
Basement.
In a sentence
Подвал нашего дома просторный и сухой.
The basement of our house is spacious and dry.
In this sentence, 'подвал' is used in its primary meaning to denote the underground floor of a building.
Я хранил старые вещи в подвале.
I kept old items in the basement.
Here, 'подвал' is utilized to show that it's a storage space, often used for keeping items like old things.
Газеты сообщили о находке в подвале здания.
The newspapers reported a discovery in the basement of the building.
In this context, 'подвал' refers to the basement als a locational detail for an event.
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