Base
How words are described
| actual | actual base | actual rear |
| entire | entire base | entire rear |
| large | large base | large rear |
| big | big base | big rear |
| Other adjectives: huge. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In a rear, everything goes up near-vertically on a very narrow base, and is prone to toppling, especially if the horse is agitated. .
Source: Rearing Horse - Double subverted in Full Metal Jacket - the officer in charge of the Marine combat correspondents, Lieutenant Lockhart, states his intention to stay where he is comfortable - "in the rear, with the gear" - and that very evening the base comes under heavy artillery attack.
Source: Soldiers at the Rear - During Operation Neptune, Allied paratroopers obviously had no rear echelon or base of operations to send prisoners of war to since they were operating behind enemy lines.
Source: Leave No Survivors
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Rear and Base. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/rear
Base & Rear. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/rear>.
Rear or Base. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/base/rear.
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