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seabase

seabase noun: a collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.

Noun

seabase (plural seabases)

  1. A collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.
    • We operated from a seabase, reducing our footprint ashore and thereby minimizing our force protection requirements […]2002. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 by U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Page 154...

Forms of seabase

pluralseabases
alternative formsea-base
alternative formsea base

Origin of seabase

From sea + base.

Questions about seabase

What does seabase mean?
Seabase means a collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.
What part of speech is seabase?
Seabase is a noun.
What is the plural of seabase?
The plural of seabase is seabases.

Words near seabase in the dictionary

  1. seabags
  2. seaball
  3. seaballs
  4. seabank
  5. seabanks
  6. seabase
  7. seabases
  8. seabass
  9. seabasses
  10. seabat
  11. seabats

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