Word Meaning

basic definition and meaning

a. Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
a. Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
a. Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
a. Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.

Crossword clues for basic

- ABC is kind of fundamental
- Begins as simple initiation ceremony? It’s elementary!
- Bog-standard
- Cab is devastatingly plain and unadorned
- Central plain
- Fundamental
- Minimum (wage)
- No-frills
- On the bottom
- Simple
- Straightforward
- Underlying