subbase

1. 1.

   the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard

   Broadermolding

Other forms of subbase

plural

subbases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subbase

What does subbase mean?

subbase means "the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard".

How many syllables are in subbase?

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

Is subbase a common word?

subbase is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.