air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

Examples of air base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That area includes Great Park, a Marine air base that when retired left 4,700 acres empty. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 She was born on a US air base in Germany where her father was stationed, and shortly after that went to live in Taiwan where her mum is from. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024 In a first this July, both the Chinese and Russian aircraft intercepted near Alaska took off from the same Russian air base, according to CSIS researchers, who also noted this was the partners’ first joint air patrol in the northern Pacific. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 In 2016, two members of the group were arrested after attempting to put a sack over the head of an American soldier at an air base in southern Turkey, according to the Associated Press. Ty Roush, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air base 

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Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air base was in 1913

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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

air base

noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft

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