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the height of the ground on which something stands
the base of the tower was below grade - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
How To Use ground level In A Sentence
- asked the Countess, as a stately chaconne swirled up from ground level. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
- The library has three levels, with a conference centre at ground level.
- In late autumn, cut down the stems to 6in above ground level when the leaves turn brown and lift the tubers as required.
- The building has an ashlar stone base with an arcade at ground level.
- The six-storey building is situated on an elevated site and will have retail units at ground level.
- Prune rambling roses by cutting down to ground level growths that have flowered this year.
- The resident called police, who blocked the ground level entrance to the parkade.
- First of all, it is stored in a sealed clay or lined lagoon, which also happens to be diked about four or five feet above ground level.
- She walked around the ground level looking for the flight of stairs that led to the second floor.
- Mounted on top of the caisson was a 5-ton Wilson crane, which would reach each shaft and also the muck cars standing on tracks on the ground level beside the caissons. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159
