BASE OF OPERATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does base of operations mean? 

• BASE OF OPERATIONS (noun)
  The noun BASE OF OPERATIONS has 1 sense:

1. installation from which a military force initiates operations

  Familiarity information: BASE OF OPERATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASE OF OPERATIONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Installation from which a military force initiates operations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

base; base of operations

Context example:

the attack wiped out our forward bases

Hypernyms ("base of operations" is a kind of...):

military installation (any facility servicing military forces)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "base of operations"):

air base; air station (a base for military aircraft)

army base (a large base of operations for an army)

firebase (an artillery base to support advancing troops)

navy base (base of operations for a naval fleet)

rocket base (a military base for rocket missiles)