noun🔗ShareBase, bottom, minimum"The basal level of employee satisfaction must be improved to prevent high turnover. "partpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny basal structure or part"The basal layer of the school's new building is made of reinforced concrete. "anatomybiologyphysiologypartmedicineorganismstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBasic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin."A basal reader is a kind of book that is used to teach reading."partanatomyphysiologybiologystructuresciencemedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAssociated with the base of an organism or structure."In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot."anatomyorganismbiologystructurepartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOf a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism."a basal diet"physiologymedicinebiologyorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIn a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade."A magnolia is a basal angiosperm."biologyorganismscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
