army base

collocation in English

meaningsofarmyandbase

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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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base
adjective
uk
/beɪs/us
/beɪs/
not showing any honour and having ...
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(Definition ofarmyandbasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Kanpur was an emerging mill centre, an importantarmybaseand source of army supplies since the mutiny.
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We do not have anarmybasewith sports facilities which can be developed.
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They were "bussed" to a school or anarmybase.
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Infection rates were highest in privates who had served the longest at thearmybase.
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For the next five years, the facility was used as anarmybaseand a processing centre for new immigrants.
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The parish as a whole, including thearmybase, had a population of 2,370 in 2001.
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The central bus station was turned into anarmybase.
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Spam is also an original ingredient in "budae jjigae" (armybasestew), a spicy stew with different types of preserved meat.
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There are camping grounds where overnight camping is permitted on this formerarmybase.
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It is called this way because one time the stadium was located behind anarmybase.
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The students originally lived on a nearbyarmybase, but today the yeshiva has its own premises, and over 250 students enrolled.
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It is said to have been founded in around 1500 and is home to anarmybase.
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It was operated primarily as an air force base, and later as anarmybase, beginning in the late 1960s.
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Originally, it was supposed to be built on an abandonedarmybaseof the same name but was later moved to an adjacent hilltop.
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In the post-war period, the station had been used both for passenger services and for cargo loading for the nearbyarmybase.
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When the two ambulance drivers are finally able to report to a localarmybase, the commandant assumes they are both deserters from the front.
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The building was part of anarmybasebetween 1870 and 1993.
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Today it thrives in eroded conditions caused by tanks on thearmybase.
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During part of the 20th century, a small fortifiedarmybasewas located at the hill.
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It is anarmybasehaving two ordnance factories and several breweries.
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