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| base1 |
a central place; headquarters. [1/7 definitions] |
| battalion |
a military unit usu. comprising a headquarters company and two or more infantry companies; the basic unit of a division. [1/2 definitions] |
| command post |
the headquarters from which a commander directs a military unit. |
| embassy |
the official headquarters or residence of an ambassador. [1/4 definitions] |
| guardhouse |
a structure used by guard personnel as a headquarters or temporary detention area. |
| headquarter |
to locate or situate (an organization, army division, or the like) with a headquarters in a specified location. |
| home |
pertaining to the center, headquarters, or source of a business or organization. [1/16 definitions] |
| HQ |
abbreviation of "headquarters." |
| platoon |
a military unit of two or more squads or sections, usu. commanded by a lieutenant and having its own headquarters. [1/6 definitions] |
| police station |
the headquarters of the police of a certain area or precinct; station house. |
| precinct |
the headquarters of a police unit that patrols such an area. [1/4 definitions] |
| pressroom |
the room in a newspaper office, or the usu. temporary headquarters at or near the site of some news event, set aside for the reporters. [1/2 definitions] |
| Scotland Yard |
the headquarters of this organization. [1/2 definitions] |
| sergeant major |
a noncommissioned officer who serves as chief administrative assistant in a military headquarters. [1/3 definitions] |
| Watergate |
a scandal involving the burglary of the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., in 1972, and its consequences, including an attempted government cover-up. |
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