home port
noun
the port where a ship is registered.
the port out of which a ship is operated but not necessarily registered.
Origin of home port
1First recorded in 1890–95
Words Nearby home port
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How to use home port in a sentence
The boys explained to the astonished and grieved Younkins how they had been wrecked, as it were, almost in sight of the home port.
The Boy Settlers | Noah BrooksAs we neared our home port we met two trollers, one of whom lifted up for envious inspection a lusty pickerel.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. Robinson"Scoot" is the only word that would fittingly describe the Hawk's return to her home port.
Motor Matt's Daring Rescue | Stanley R. MatthewsA ship had just come in, the sailors browned and cheerful at being once more in their home port.
Mr. Wicker's Window | Carley DawsonHe answered to the hail of Billings, and his home port was the Stumpton ranch, 'way out in Montana.
The Depot Master | Joseph C. Lincoln
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