basing
/ˈbeɪsɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Former name of Old Basing, Hampshire, England.
Example Sentences
- "Incidental revenues from sales and repairs and practically all ground expense were recorded as applicable to a particular station and then prorated to individual routes on the basis of arrivals, departures, and basings of equipment."
- "In deep underground basing, missiles are buried in tunnels in mountainsides where they are able to ride out a nuclear attack. Following the attack the missiles dig themselves out of the tunnels to the surface and launch themselves."
- "Between Basing and Basingstoke there is a world of difference, and the boundary between the two worlds is the River Loddon."