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основа — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alkali noun One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
  • backbone noun The column of connected vertebrae running down the back that protects the spinal cord.
  • base noun The lowest part of something, on which it stands or rests; a foundation.
  • basis noun The foundation or starting point for an argument, theory, or decision.
  • floor noun The surface on which you walk inside a room or building.
  • fond adj Having a liking or affection for someone or something.
  • foot noun The body part at the end of the leg that a person or animal stands and walks on.
  • foundation noun The solid base that supports a building or structure.
  • fundamental adj Forming the base or foundation of something; essential.
  • ground noun The solid surface of the earth.
  • groundwork noun The basic preparatory work that everything else is built on.
  • substructure noun The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
  • theme noun The main subject or topic of a talk, book, or piece of art.
  • warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

основа is used for these senses in English:

  • alkali (chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
  • backbone (countable, figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
  • base Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
  • base (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
  • basis An underlying condition or circumstance.
  • floor (countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
  • fond The background design in lace-making.
  • foot The base or bottom of anything.

alkali — full definition

  1. noun One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
  2. noun Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.

backbone — full definition

  1. noun The column of connected vertebrae running down the back that protects the spinal cord.
  2. noun The essential support or core structure of a system or organization.
  3. noun Firmness of character; courage.

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