base


Meanings

  • installation from which a military force initiates operations;
    • "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
  • lowest support of a structure;
    • "it was built on a base of solid rock"
  • a place that the runner must touch before scoring;
  • the bottom or lowest part;
    • "the base of the mountain"
  • (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
    • "the base of the skull"
  • a lower limit;
  • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
  • a support or foundation;
    • "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;
    • "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
  • the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
    • "the base of the triangle"
  • the most important or necessary part of something;
  • (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
  • the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  • 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
  • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
  • the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
    • "the industrial base of Japan"
  • the principal ingredient of a mixture;
    • "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
    • "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"
    • "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"
  • a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
    • "a tub should sit on its own base"
  • (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
  • use as a basis for; found on;
    • "base a claim on some observation"
  • situate as a center of operations;
    • "we will base this project in the new lab"
  • use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  • serving as or forming a base;
    • "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
  • of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
    • "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
  • (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;
    • "base coins of aluminum"
    • "a base metal"
  • not adhering to ethical or moral principles;
    • "base and unpatriotic motives"
    • "a base, degrading way of life"
  • having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
    • "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke
  • illegitimate
  • debased; not genuine;
    • "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
  • BASE adj BASER, BASEST morally low
  • BASE v BASED, BASING, BASES to found


Scrabble Score: 6

base is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

base is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

base is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

base is a valid Words With Friends word