Associations to the word «Firebase»

Wiktionary

FIREBASE, noun. (military) An encampment designed to provide indirect-fire artillery support to infantry operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps

Dictionary definition

FIREBASE, noun. An artillery base to support advancing troops.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley