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base

 
/beɪs/ n [C] (MAIN PLACE)

Definition

the place from which a business operates or a person works: We have an office in San Diego, but Washington is still our base. A base is also a place from which the military operates that provides weapons storage and housing: The military has bases all over the US.
(Definition of base n (MAIN PLACE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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