BASE
Scrabble letter values: B3A1S1E1 = 6
Definition
- verb use as a basis for. — synonyms: establish, ground, found
- verb situate as a center of operations.
- verb use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes. — synonyms: free-base
- adjective serving as or forming a base. — synonyms: basal
- adjective of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense). — synonyms: baseborn, humble, lowly
- adjective (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal.
- adjective not adhering to ethical or moral principles. — synonyms: immoral
- adjective having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. — synonyms: mean, meanspirited
- adjective illegitimate. — synonyms: baseborn
- adjective debased.
- noun installation from which a military force initiates operations. — synonyms: base_of_operations
- noun lowest support of a structure. — synonyms: foundation, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
- noun a place that the runner must touch before scoring. — synonyms: bag
- noun the bottom or lowest part.
- noun (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment.
- noun a lower limit. — synonyms: floor
- noun the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. — synonyms: basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
- noun a support or foundation. — synonyms: pedestal, stand
- noun a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside. — synonyms: nucleotide
- noun any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. — synonyms: alkali
- noun the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed.
- noun the most important or necessary part of something. — synonyms: basis
- noun (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place. — synonyms: radix
- noun the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end. — synonyms: home
- noun 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. — synonyms: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, al_Qaeda, al_Qaida
- noun (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. — synonyms: root, root_word, stem, theme, radical
- noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area. — synonyms: infrastructure
- noun the principal ingredient of a mixture.
- noun a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit.
- noun (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector.
Examples
- “found on”
- “base a claim on some observation”
- “we will base this project in the new lab”