1. Close in space; within reach
   "the town is close at hand"
   - at hand 
2. Close in time; about to occur
   "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"
   - at hand, imminent, impendent, impending

See also: close

• bastinado
• basting
• basting stitch
• bastion
• bastioned
• bastnaesite
• bastnasite
• basuco
• Basuto
• Basutoland
• bat
• bat boy
• bat mitzvah
• Bata
• Bataan
• batata
• batch
• batch file
• batch processing
• bate
• bateau
• bateau bridge
• bated
• batfish
• batfowl