- Types Of Speech
- You can use base as a noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Base
- A 1 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters a, b, e, and s, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters as. Base starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters b, ba, bas, and the ending characters are e, se, ase, ..
- Definition
- A support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Base is set as a kindergarten word that starts with b, ends with e, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is base a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Base in Pig Latin is said as "asebay or asebway".
- Unigram
- b | a | s | e
- Bigram
- ba | as | se
- Trigram
- bas | ase
- Quadrigram
- base
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a support or foundation;
"the base of the lamp" - place that runner must touch before scoring;
"he scrambled to get back to the bag" - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- installation from which a military force initiates operations;
"the attack wiped out our forward bases" - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
"a tub should sit on its own base" - the principal ingredient of a mixture;
"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" - lowest support of a structure;
"it was built on a base of solid rock";
"he stood at the foot of the tower" - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
"the industrial base of Japan" - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
"thematic vowels are part of the stem" - a lower limit;
"the government established a wage floor" - an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group;
has cells in more than 50 countries - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
"the base of the skull" - the bottom or lowest part;
"the base of the mountain" - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
"10 is the radix of the decimal system" - the most important or necessary part of something;
"the basis of this drink is orange juice" - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
"the base of the triangle" - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
- Verb Examples
- use as a basis for;
found on;
"base a claim on some observation" - assign to a station
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- debased;
not genuine;
"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" - illegitimate
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
"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 vulga - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces";
"of humble (or lowly) birth" - serving as or forming a base;
"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" - not adhering to ethical or moral principles;
"base and unpatriotic motives";
"a base, degrading way of life";
"cheating is dishonorable";
"they considered colonialism immoral";
"unethical practices in handling public funds" - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;
"base coins of aluminum";
"a base metal"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abase | cause to feel shame hurt the pride of "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| Abhorrent | offensive to the mind "an abhorrent deed" "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee" "morally repugnant customs" "repulsive behavior" "the most repulsive character in recent novels" |
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Abode | housing that someone is living in "he built a modest dwelling near the pond" "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| Abusive | characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "abusive punishment" "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |
| Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
| Acidity | the property of being acidic |
| Adoring | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent "adoring grandparents" "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain" "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" |
| Aetiology | the philosophical study of causation |
View all cognitive synonyms for Base
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base | a support or foundation "the base of the lamp" |
View English words with the unique letters used in base. Words With The Letters Abes
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Support | documentary validation "his documentation of the results was excellent" "the strongest support for this this view is the work of Jones" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Staddle | a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked |
| Trivet | a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Basel | No | No |
| Baseemah | No | Yes |
| Basem | No | No |
| Baseli | Yes | No |
| Baseema | No | Yes |
View All Names For Base
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beast (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Abuse (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +2 | abuse | ||
| Basset (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | beasts | ||
| Base (4 letters) | 6 | 7 | base | ||
| Baste (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Beats (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Abbess (6 letters) | 10 +4 | 12 +5 | abbess | ||
| Bayes (5 letters) | 10 +4 | 10 +3 | bayes | ||
| Tabes (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Abase (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abase | ||
| By Sea (6 letters) | |||||
| Beasts (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | beasts | ||
| Seabee (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | abeees | ||
| Abases (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | aabess | ||
| Bates (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Babes (5 letters) | 9 +3 | 11 +4 | babes | ||
| Abets (5 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | abest | ||
| Abates (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | beatsa | ||
| Abbeys (6 letters) | 13 +7 | 14 +7 | abbesy | ||
| Abbes (5 letters) | 9 +3 | 11 +4 | babes | ||
| Basest (6 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | beasts |
Base Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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