seabase

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noun

A collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.

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Meanings

nounseabase (plural seabases)

plural seabases · alternative sea-base · alternative sea base

  1. A collection of support and supply ships supporting operations elsewhere, that can function as a floating barracks, hospital and base.

    We operated from a seabase, reducing our footprint ashore and thereby minimizing our force protection requirements […]

    2002. Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 by U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Page 154 http://books.google.com/books?id=BcUzAAAAIAAJ&dq=seabase&ei=Kdo7R9vpO4WasgOvypGkBw&pgis=1

Origin

From sea + base.

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APA

seabase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabase

MLA

“seabase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabase. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seabase,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabase.

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