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starbase

starbase noun: a base (for trading, military operations, etc.) located in space, among the stars. Also the alternative form of star base.

Noun

starbase (plural starbases)

  1. A base (for trading, military operations, etc.) located in space, among the stars.

Proper noun capitalized: Starbase

Starbase

  1. A city in Cameron County, Texas, United States.
    Synonyms:
    Starbase Texas
  2. A spaceport in Starbase, Boca Chica, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, United States.
    • While the first test flight of Starship and Super Heavy blew up a launchpad at SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in 2023, January’s Flight 7 and Thursday’s Flight 8 both allowed Starship to travel out over the Atlantic and Caribbean before exploding near populated islands.2025 March 6, Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, “SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time, disrupting Florida air traffic”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Apr...
    Synonyms:
    Boca Chica Spaceport, Brownsville Spaceport, South Texas Spaceport, Starbase Texas
  3. A planned spaceport in Pecan Island, Vermillion County, Louisiana, United States
    Synonyms:
    Starbase Louisiana

Also used as

starbase is also the alternative form of star base.

Synonyms of starbase

  • Starbase Texas
  • Boca Chica Spaceport
  • Brownsville Spaceport
  • South Texas Spaceport
  • Starbase Louisiana

Forms of starbase

pluralstarbases

Origin of starbase

From star + base.

From starbase, from star + base. From "star" being used in the naming of space-related terms, and being a base for such operations. Coined by billionaire Elon Musk in 2021.

Words formed from starbase

  • SpaceX Starbase
  • Starbase Louisiana
  • Starbase Texas

Questions about starbase

What does starbase mean?
Starbase means a base (for trading, military operations, etc.) located in space, among the stars.
What part of speech is starbase?
Starbase can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of starbase?
The plural of starbase is starbases.

Words near starbase in the dictionary

  1. starapple
  2. starapples
  3. Starasielle
  4. StarBander
  5. StarBanders
  6. starbase
  7. starbases
  8. starbath
  9. starbathe
  10. starbathed
  11. starbathes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starbase (page history and authors); Starbase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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