base load

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noun Chiefly British.

the constant or permanent load on a power supply.

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Origin of base load

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby base load

baseless, base level, baseline, baseliner, Basel-Land, base load, Basel-Stadt, baseman, base map, basement, basement complex

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How to use base load in a sentence

Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
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If ISIS “came into a base and killed hundreds of troops, then people would ask a lot more questions.”
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He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
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“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
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Huckabee will also need to establish a reliable fundraising base, something that up until now has proved to be elusive.
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The upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.
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But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
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Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.
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It is a vile world because it is an under-educated world, unreasonable, suspicious, base and ferocious.
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He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.
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British Dictionary definitions for base load

base load

noun

the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply systemCompare peak load

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