firebase
(noun) an artillery base to support advancing troops
Source: WordNet® 3.1
firebase (plural firebases)
(military) An encampment designed to provide indirect artillery support to infantry troops operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; a fire support base.
• fire support base
• abbreviations: FB, FSB
• sea brief
Source: Wiktionary
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
