Originally Posted by
paper_monkey In sweeping generalities, a basement occurs when 50% or more of the bottom storey of your dwelling/building is above grade and a cellar occurs when 50% or more of the bottom storey of your dwelling/building is below grade. basically, if you can fit a proper window in above grade you have a basement if not you have a cellar.. as for verbing nouns I'm reminded of a get fuzzy comic strip.. I of course cant find the strip but the joke is essentially you can foodify anything if you just eat it and conversely you can wordify anything if you just verb it.