free-base

1. 1.

   use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

   Synonymsbase

   Broaderdrug

Questions about free-base

What does free-base mean?

free-base means "use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes".

How many syllables are in free-base?

free-base has 2 syllables: free--base. The stress falls on "base".

What is another word for free-base?

Close synonyms include base. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is free-base a common word?

free-base is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.