Your base is the main place where you work, stay, or live. For most of the spring and early summer her base was her home in Scotland
{i} foundation; bottom layer; principal element, fundamental part; fortified area, place from which actions are carried out (Military); one of the four points of the baseball diamond; substance which forms a salt when mixed with an acid (Chemistry)
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"
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 vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
any of a broad class of compounds, including alkalis, that react with acids to form salts, plus water Also known as hydroxides Hydroxides ionize in solution to form hydroxyl ions (OH-); the higher the concentration of these ions, the stronger the base Bases are used extensively in petroleum refining in caustic washing of process streams to remove acidic impurities, and are components in certain additives that neutralize weak acids formed during oxidation
A compound that dissociates to produce hydroxyl (OH-) anions when dissolved in water (also called "caustic" or "alkali") See also pH
Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals
any substance which contains hydroxyl (OH) groups and furnishes hydroxide ions in solution; a molecular or ionic substance capable of combining with a proton to form a new substance; a substance that provides a pair of electrons for a covalent bond with an acid; a solution with a pH of greater than 7