home base
home base · home bases
дім, домівка, батьківщина
дом, родина, среда обитания
Zuhause, Heimat, a
The home plateThe home plate.
» Tom hit a home run with bases loaded.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The home plate.
(countable, uncountable)A headquarters.
Holonyms: home ground, home turf
More definitions
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
Examples
3 sentencesTom hit a home run with bases loaded.
It would've been a close game if Tom hadn't hit a home run with bases loaded in the ninth inning.
Luxembourg's international airport is the home base of four airlines.
Forms
plural: home bases| Singular | home base |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score:home platehomeplate
- (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise:headquarterscentral officemain officehome office
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhome run
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable