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.......... the basement is a man-made subterranean  ..........
..........   environment where you could find such  ..........
..........  things as the furnace, the labyrinth,   ..........
..........           reptiles or graves.            ..........
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..........  a small or rural basement is a cellar.  ..........
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$:«~......  often created in good faith, a basement ......~«:$
§$:«~.....  is nevertheless a way to bring a cave   .....~«:$§
§§$:«~....    into your building, and cave things   ....~«:$§§
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~.........  the purpose of a basement is often to   .........~
..........    hide unsightly appliances, engines,   ..........
..........  infrastructure (pipes and wells)... or  ..........
.......... to hide the true weight (purpose?) of a  ..........
..........                 building.                ..........
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..........  to draw from the earth around it, push  ..........
..........         above ground, laundered.         ..........
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..........   a cellar is a more senseful affair,    ..........
~.........   less intense... made to store things   .........~
«~........    (food or brews, tools) in a colder    ........~«
:«~....... environment. perhaps to grow mushrooms.  .......~«:
$:«~......  perhaps to bury corrupt creatures (not  ......~«:$
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