Synonyms: base, stand, pedestal
Definition: a support or foundation
Usage: the base of the lamp
Similar words: support
Definition: any device that bears the weight of another thing
Usage: there was no place to attach supports for a shelf
Definition: a place that the runner must touch before scoring
Usage: he scrambled to get back to the bag
Similar words: baseball equipment
Definition: equipment used in playing baseball
Synonyms: base
Definition: (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
Similar words: electrode
Definition: a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Synonyms: base, base of operations
Definition: installation from which a military force initiates operations
Usage: the attack wiped out our forward bases
Similar words: military installation
Definition: any facility servicing military forces
Synonyms: base
Definition: a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
Usage: a tub should sit on its own base
Similar words: underside, undersurface, bottom
Definition: the lower side of anything
Synonyms: base
Definition: the principal ingredient of a mixture
Usage: 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
Similar words: ingredient
Definition: a component of a mixture or compound
Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, base, understructure, substructure, groundwork
Definition: lowest support of a structure
Usage: it was built on a base of solid rock; he stood at the foot of the tower
Similar words: support
Definition: supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
Usage: the statue stood on a marble support
Synonyms: infrastructure, base
Definition: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Usage: the industrial base of Japan
Similar words: stock, store, fund
Definition: a supply of something available for future use
Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Synonyms: foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone, base, basis
Definition: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Usage: the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Similar words: assumption, supposal, supposition
Definition: a hypothesis that is taken for granted
Usage: any society is built upon certain assumptions
Synonyms: stem, theme, base, root, root word, radical
Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Usage: thematic vowels are part of the stem
Similar words: descriptor, word form, form, signifier
Definition: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Usage: the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
Definition: a lower limit
Usage: the government established a wage floor
Similar words: control
Definition: the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
Usage: they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls
Synonyms: al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Base, Qaeda
Definition: 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
Similar words: terrorist group, terrorist organization, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
Definition: a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Definition: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Similar words: location
Definition: a point or extent in space
Synonyms: base
Definition: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
Usage: the base of the skull
Similar words: bottom
Definition: the lowest part of anything
Usage: they started at the bottom of the hill
Synonyms: base
Definition: the bottom or lowest part
Usage: the base of the mountain
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Definition: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Usage: 10 is the radix of the decimal system
Similar words: number
Definition: a concept of quantity involving zero and units
Usage: every number has a unique position in the sequence
Definition: the most important or necessary part of something
Usage: the basis of this drink is orange juice
Similar words: part, portion, constituent, component, component part
Definition: something determined in relation to something that includes it
Usage: he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself; I read a portion of the manuscript; the smaller component is hard to reach; the animal constituent of plankton
Synonyms: base
Definition: the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
Usage: the base of the triangle
Similar words: flank
Definition: a subfigure consisting of a side of something
Definition: any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Usage: bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
Similar words: compound, chemical compound
Definition: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Synonyms: nucleotide, base
Definition: a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
Similar words: ester
Definition: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Definition: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
Synonyms: base
Definition: situate as a center of operations
Usage: we will base this project in the new lab
Similar words: locate, situate
Definition: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
Usage: Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space; Locate the boundaries of the property
Synonyms: base
Definition: debased; not genuine
Usage: an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
Similar words: imitative, counterfeit
Definition: not genuine; imitating something superior
Usage: counterfeit emotion; counterfeit money; counterfeit works of art; a counterfeit prince
Definition: illegitimate
Similar words: illegitimate
Definition: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful
Synonyms: base, mean, meanspirited
Definition: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Usage: that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke; taking a mean advantage; chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort- Shakespeare; something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
Similar words: ignoble
Definition: completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
Usage: something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude; I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Synonyms: lowly, base, baseborn, humble
Definition: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Usage: baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth
Similar words: lowborn
Definition: of humble birth or origins
Usage: a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor
Definition: serving as or forming a base
Usage: the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
Similar words: basic
Definition: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
Usage: a basic fact; the basic ingredients; basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities
Definition: not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Usage: base and unpatriotic motives; a base, degrading way of life; cheating is dishonorable; they considered colonialism immoral; unethical practices in handling public funds
Similar words: wrong
Definition: contrary to conscience or morality or law
Usage: it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor; cheating is wrong; it is wrong to lie
Synonyms: base
Definition: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Usage: base coins of aluminum; a base metal
Similar words: inferior
Definition: of low or inferior quality