rocket base
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈrɑkɪt beɪs/
:
base de cohetes
- Security was tightened around the rocket base due to increasing tensions in the region.
Examples
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The satellite was successfully deployed from the rocket base after months of preparation.
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The military conducted a series of tests at the rocket base before the launch.
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It looks like a rocket base...
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
A place where people test or launch rockets under safety rules
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'rocket' (a rocket vehicle) with 'base' (an operations station/place). This regular noun–noun compounding follows common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun rocket base comes from the image of a ready rocket standing at a base, a place where the military keeps and launches rockets, so the phrase means 'a military place where rockets are stored or launched'.