bases

(noun) installation from which a military force initiates operations. Synonyms: base, base of operations. Example: "The attack wiped out our forward bases."

(noun) lowest support of a structure. Synonyms: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure. Examples: "It was built on a base of solid rock." "He stood at the foot of the tower."

(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring. Synonyms: base, bag. Example: "He scrambled to get back to the bag."

(noun) the bottom or lowest part. Synonyms: base. Example: "The base of the mountain."

(noun) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment. Synonyms: base. Example: "The base of the skull."

(noun) a lower limit. Synonyms: floor, base. Example: "The government established a wage floor."

(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. Synonyms: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone. Example: "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture."

(noun) a support or foundation. Synonyms: base, pedestal, stand. Example: "The base of the lamp."

(noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Synonyms: nucleotide, base.

(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonyms: base, alkali. Example: "Bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia."

(noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed. Synonyms: base. Example: "The base of the triangle."

(noun) the most important or necessary part of something. Synonyms: basis, base. Example: "The basis of this drink is orange juice."

(noun) (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place. Synonyms: base, radix. Example: "10 is the radix of the decimal system."

(noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end. Synonyms: base, 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; has cells in more than 50 countries. Synonyms: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base.

(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. Synonyms: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical. Example: "Thematic vowels are part of the stem."

(noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area. Synonyms: infrastructure, base. Example: "The industrial base of japan."

(noun) the principal ingredient of a mixture. Synonyms: base. Examples: "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."

(noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit. Synonyms: base. Example: "A tub should sit on its own base."

(noun) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector. Synonyms: base.

(noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something. Synonyms: footing, basis, ground. Examples: "They were on a friendly footing." "He worked on an interim basis."

(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. Synonyms: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone. Example: "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture."

(noun) the most important or necessary part of something. Synonyms: basis, base. Example: "The basis of this drink is orange juice."

(verb) use as a basis for; found on. Synonyms: establish, base, ground, found. Example: "Base a claim on some observation."

(verb) situate as a center of operations. Synonyms: base. Example: "We will base this project in the new lab."

(verb) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes. Synonyms: free-base, base.