first base   (TTS Sound)

The noun first base has 3 senses

• first base -- (the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball)


• first base, first -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate))


• first base -- (the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach")