base (4 letters)
base
6
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 6 points
- Frequency
- Very common
- Pronunciation
- BAYS
What it means
- verb — use as a basis for; found on
- verb — situate as a center of operations
- verb — use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- adjective — serving as or forming a base
- adjective — of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
- adjective — (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- adjective — not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- adjective — having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- adjective — illegitimate
- adjective — debased; not genuine
- noun — installation from which a military force initiates operations
- noun — lowest support of a structure
- noun — a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- noun — the bottom or lowest part
- noun — (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- noun — a lower limit
- noun — the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- noun — a support or foundation
- noun — a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- noun — any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- noun — the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- noun — the most important or necessary part of something
- noun — (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- noun — the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- noun — 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
- noun — (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- noun — the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- noun — the principal ingredient of a mixture
- noun — a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- noun — (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector