base vs bass :

Definitions
  base
  • n  installation from which a military force initiates operations
    the attack wiped out our forward bases
  • n  lowest support of a structure
    it was built on a base of solid rock
  • n  a place that the runner must touch before scoring
  • n  the bottom or lowest part
    the base of the mountain
  • n  (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
    the base of the skull
  • n  a lower limit
  • n  the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
  • n  a support or foundation
    the base of the lamp
  • n  a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  • n  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
  • n  the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
    the base of the triangle
  • n  the most important or necessary part of something
  • n  (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
  • n  the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  • n  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
  • n  (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • n  the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    the industrial base of Japan
  • n  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
  • n  a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
    a tub should sit on its own base
  • n  (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
  • v  use as a basis for; found on
    base a claim on some observation
  • v  situate as a center of operations
    we will base this project in the new lab
  • v  use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  • s  serving as or forming a base
    the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
  • s  of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    baseborn wretches with dirty faces
  • s  (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
    base coins of aluminum
    a base metal
  • s  not adhering to ethical or moral principles
    base and unpatriotic motives
    a base, degrading way of life
  • s  having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
    that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke
  • s  illegitimate
  • s  debased; not genuine
    an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
  bass
  • n  the lowest part of the musical range
  • n  the lowest part in polyphonic music
  • n  an adult male singer with the lowest voice
  • n  the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
  • n  any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
  • n  the lowest adult male singing voice
  • n  the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
  • n  nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
  • s  having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
    a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
    a bass clarinet
News & Articles
  base
  bass
  • Benefit bass tournament at Chester Frost (June 15)
    The Chattanooga Bass Assassins, a private bass fishing club, will present the third annual Christopher J. Robertson Never Give Up Cancer Benefit Bass Tournament on Chickamauga Lake on Saturday, June 15.
    June 13, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press
  • Michael Bass earns All-America honors
    Bass was named to both the Baseball America and National Collegiate Baseball Writers All-America squads.
    June 13, 2013 - WECT 6 Wilmington
  • Benefit bass tournament at Chester Frost (June 15)
    The Chattanooga Bass Assassins, a private bass fishing club, will present the third annual Christopher J. Robertson Never Give Up Cancer Benefit Bass Tournament on Chickamauga Lake on Saturday, June 15.
    June 13, 2013 - Chattanooga Times Free Press