Base

/beɪs/ · noun

Meaning

Something from which other things extend; a foundation..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
2. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
3. A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
4. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
5. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
6. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
7. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
8. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.

Example Sentences

The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold.

The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.

The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.

[…] with flowers of gold, the body lined with velvet, and the bases, or skirts, with satin; also a frock of black satin, lined with sarcenet, having three welts of the same.

The base (skirt), as opposed to the practical skirt of the tonlet armour, is an affectation in imitation of the civilian fabric garment of the period and may well have been inspired by a similar feature on Maximilian's gift armour.

Both knee-length bases are made from black velvet [...] There was a second type of metal skirt that could be worn with armour: the tonlet. [...] Unlike the base, however, the tonlet did not have a textile counterpart. [...]

bakers in their linen bases

Use the globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets.

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• bases
• basing
• based
• baser
• more base
• basest
• most base

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