What does base mean?
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What does base mean? - The Free Dictionary
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base - The Free Dictionary
(the attack wiped out our forward bases)
(base a claim on some observation)
(the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats)
(it was built on a base of solid rock he stood at the foot of the tower)
(we will base this project in the new lab)
(baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble (or lowly) birth)
(he scrambled to get back to the bag)
(base coins of aluminum a base metal)
(the base of the mountain)
(base and unpatriotic motives a base, degrading way of life cheating is dishonorable they considered colonialism immoral unethical practices in handling public funds)
(the base of the skull)
(that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble taking a mean advantage chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics)
(the government established a wage floor)
(the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture)
(an attempt to eliminate the base coinage)
(the base of the lamp)
(bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia)
(the base of the triangle)
(the basis of this drink is orange juice)
(10 is the radix of the decimal system)
(thematic vowels are part of the stem)
(the industrial base of Japan)
(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 tub should sit on its own base)
Other vocabulary
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