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airbase

airbase is the alternative spelling of air base.

Meaning of air base

Noun

air base (plural air bases)

  1. A military airport, providing housing and support for aircraft and personnel.
    • American officers have observed how Chinese troops stationed at American air bases have frequently refused to shoot at Japanese raiding planes. Asked by an American officer for the reason for this behavior, a Chinese officer at Lao-ho-k’ou air base in Hupeh answered (November 1944): “Well you see...1968, Lyman P. Van Slyke, editor, The Chinese Communist Movement: A Report of the United States War Department, July 1945, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 90

Forms of airbase

pluralairbases

Questions about airbase

What is airbase the alternative spelling of?
Airbase is the alternative spelling of air base.

Words near airbase in the dictionary

  1. airballed
  2. airballing
  3. airballs
  4. airband
  5. airbands
  6. airbase
  7. airbases
  8. airbath
  9. airbaths
  10. airbeam
  11. airbeams

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