Definitions
How to pronounce base:
Base - as a noun
Installation from which a military force initiates operations
Example: "The attack wiped out our forward bases"
A terrorist network intensely opposed to the united states that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
Lowest support of a structure
Example: "It was built on a base of solid rock"
A place that the runner must touch before scoring
Example: "He scrambled to get back to the bag"
The bottom or lowest part
Example: "The base of the mountain"
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
Example: "The base of the skull"
A lower limit
Example: "The government established a wage floor"
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Example: "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
A support or foundation
Example: "The base of the lamp"
A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (dna or rna)
Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Example: "Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
Example: "The base of the triangle"
The most important or necessary part of something
Example: "The basis of this drink is orange juice"
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Example: "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Example: "Thematic vowels are part of the stem"
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Example: "The industrial base of japan"
The principal ingredient of a mixture
Example: "Glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
Example: "A tub should sit on its own base"
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
Base - as an adjective satellite
Serving as or forming a base
Example: "The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Example: "Baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Example: "Base coins of aluminum"
Not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Example: "Base and unpatriotic motives"
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Example: "That liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"
Debased; not genuine
Example: "An attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
Base - as a verb
Use as a basis for; found on
Example: "Base a claim on some observation"
Situate as a center of operations
Example: "We will base this project in the new lab"
Base - as an adjective
Low in height; short.
Low in place or position.
Of low value or degree.
Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
Example: "Base bullion"
Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Not classical or correct.
Example: "Base latin"
Not held by honourable service.
Example: "A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant."
Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
Example: "The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots."
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Word Game Points
BASE has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
BASE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 7.
BASE has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
