"home base" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: home bases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} home base (countable and uncountable, plural home bases)
  1. (baseball) home plate Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: base#Noun Related terms: home field advantage, home run Coordinate_terms: first base, second base, third base
    Sense id: en-home_base-en-noun-qtUWEDVH Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (business) headquarters Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: base#Noun Translations (business: headquarters): kotipesä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-home_base-en-noun-WCpRZOIK Categories (other): Business Topics: business Disambiguation of 'business: headquarters': 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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