Base and Surface

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Base noun - An immaterial thing upon which something else rests.

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Surface is an antonym for base in fundamental part topic.

Nearby Words: basic, basal, based, baseline, baseball

Surface noun - An outer part or layer.

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Base is an antonym for surface.

Nearby Words: surfaced, surfacing

high	high base	high surface
solid	solid base	solid surface
original	original base	original surface
top	top base	top surface
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, real, large, black, new, broken, last, nearby, lunar.

base weapon

surface weapon

Soul Eater: Troubled Souls has Subterrene, the base of operations of Novus Partus located directly beneath the surface of Bermuda.

Source: Underwater Base
Space People: In the base game, your character never sets foot on a planetary surface.

Source: Video Game / Oolite
In The Force Awakens Han bypasses the planetary shields of the Starkiller base by dropping out of hyperspace a kilometer or so from the surface.

Source: Hyperspeed Ambush

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