freebase

free·base

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free-beys]
- /ˈfriˌbeɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free-beys]
- /ˈfriˌbeɪs/

Definitions of freebase word

verb with object freebase to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate. 1
verb with object freebase to ingest (freebased cocaine). 1
verb without object freebase to freebase cocaine. 1
noun freebase freebased cocaine. 1
noun freebase Cocaine that has been converted from its salt to its base form by heating with ether or boiling with sodium bicarbonate, taken by inhaling the fumes or smoking the residue. 1
noun freebase cocaine that has been refined by heating it in ether or some other solvent 0

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Origin of freebase

First appearance:

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1975-80; free + base1

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Parts of speech for Freebase

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freebase popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for freebase

noun freebase

sugar — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
poison — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.

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