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Base
beɪs
- the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported
"she sat down at the base of a tree"
- the part of a column between the shaft and pedestal or pavement
- the end at which a part or organ is attached to the trunk or main part
"a shoot is produced at the base of the stem"
- a line or surface on which a figure is regarded as standing
"the base of the triangle"
- a known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry
- the lowest part of a shield
- a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends
"the town's economic base collapsed"
- a foundation or starting point for further work
"she uses existing data as the base for the study"
- a group of people regarded as supporting an organization, for example by buying its products
"a customer base"
- a place used as a centre of operations by the armed forces or others; a headquarters
"he headed back to base"
- the main place where a person works or stays
"she makes the studio her base"
- a main or important element or ingredient to which other things are added
"soaps with a vegetable oil base"
- a substance into which a pigment is mixed to form paint, such as water, oil, or powdered aluminium hydroxide
- a substance used as a foundation for make-up
"her make-up artist works with base, eye make-up, and lipstick"
- a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions
- a purine or pyrimidine group in a nucleotide or nucleic acid
- the middle part of a bipolar transistor, separating the emitter from the collector
- the root or stem of a word or a derivative
- the uninflected form of a verb
- a number used as the basis of a numeration scale
- a number in terms of which other numbers are expressed as logarithms
- each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run
- use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something
"the film is based on a novel by Pat Conroy"
- situate at a specified place as the centre of operations
"the Science Policy Review Unit is based at the University of Sussex"