freebase

(frēbās′)

noun

a concentrated form of cocaine for smoking, prepared by extracting, or freeing, the alkaloid, or base, from a salt of the drug

transitive verb, intransitive verb freebased, freebasing

to prepare or use such a form of (cocaine)

See freebase in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or free-base

verb free·based or free-based, free·bas·ing or free-bas·ing, free·bas·es or free-bas·es
verb, transitive
  1. To purify (cocaine) by dissolving it in a heated solvent and separating and drying the precipitate.
  2. To use (cocaine purified in this way) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.
verb, intransitive
To prepare or use cocaine purified in this way.
noun
Cocaine purified by this method.

Related Forms:

  • freeˈbasˌer noun

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