base camp

noun

1. a main encampment providing supplies, shelter, and communications for persons engaged in wide-ranging activities, as exploring, reconnaissance, hunting, or mountain climbing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of base camp¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Five Nepali guides who returned to the base camp were injured but not critically.

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Local Deputy Superintendent of Police Gyan Kumar Mahato said a rescue helicopter had landed on Monday in the Na Gaun area of Dolakha - a five-hour walk from the Yelung Ri base camp.

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The team leader, who was at the base camp, was safe and rescued by helicopter Sunday, Gautam added.

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Past the towering cranes of the Port of Los Angeles, all lit up in the early morning with LED lights that blazed like constellations, past the colorful shipping containers piled to mountainous heights in proprietary green and gray and pink, and before the towering cranes of the Port of Long Beach, there was the base camp of ICE.

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The shrapnel fell in an area where CHP officers were gathered to close traffic along the I-5 in northern San Diego County, which cuts through Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

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