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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An objective toward which players of certain games, such as backgammon, progress.
  • noun Baseball Home plate.
  • noun A base of operations; a headquarters.

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  • noun baseball Home plate.
  • noun business Headquarters.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
  • noun (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

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