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nonbase

nonbase adjective: not being or not relating to a base.

Adjective

nonbase (not comparable)

  1. Not being or not relating to a base.
    • Base mills and nonbase mills may, or may not, be under separate ownership. […] The price of a shipment originating at a nonbase mill contains a delivery charge which is usually greater or less than the actual cost of delivery.1947, Betty Bock, Small Business and Regulation of Pricing Practices, page 20
    • FreeBSD differentiates between a base DNS install and a normal (nonbase) DNS install.2011, Ron Aitchison, Pro DNS and BIND 10, page 103

Origin of nonbase

From non- + base.

Questions about nonbase

What does nonbase mean?
Nonbase means not being or not relating to a base.
What part of speech is nonbase?
Nonbase is an adjective.

Words near nonbase in the dictionary

  1. nonbars
  2. nonbaryonic
  3. nonbasal
  4. nonbasalt
  5. nonbasaltic
  6. nonbase
  7. nonbaseball
  8. nonbaseline
  9. nonbasement
  10. nonbasic
  11. nonbasidiomycetous

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