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Base

/beɪs/

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noun

  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
  2. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
  3. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
  4. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  5. A basic but essential component or ingredient.
  6. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
  7. Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
  8. Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
  9. Important areas in games and sports.
  10. The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
  11. A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
  12. The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  13. The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
  14. The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
  15. The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
  16. The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
  17. A number raised to the power of an exponent.
  18. The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
  19. A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
  20. A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
  21. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
  22. A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
  23. The smallest kind of cannon.
  24. The housing of a horse.
  25. (in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
  26. The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
  27. An apron.
  28. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
  29. A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
  30. The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
  31. A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
  32. Short for base leg.

Synonyms: alkali

verb

  1. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
  2. To be located (at a particular place).
  3. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

noun

  1. A low spectrum of sound tones.
  2. A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
  3. One who sings in the bass range.
  4. An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
  5. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

Synonyms: F clef, basso

noun

  1. A root.
  2. A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
  3. The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

Synonyms: primitive, radical

Pronunciation

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Base is a 4-meaning word in English. Shorter words have fewer anagrams.

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