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OFF-BASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does off-base mean? 

OFF-BASE (adjective)
  The adjective OFF-BASE has 1 sense:

1. located outside a military baseplay

  Familiarity information: OFF-BASE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFF-BASE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Located outside a military base

Context example:

off-base housing

Similar:

peripheral (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area)


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