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HOME BASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
Example:
many companies have their headquarters in New York
Synonyms:
central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("home base" is a kind of...):
business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home base"):
mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Example:
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
Synonyms:
home; home base; home plate; plate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("home base" is a kind of...):
bag; base (a place that the runner must touch before scoring)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
