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home port

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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

First recorded in 1890–95

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for home port

harbor, port, seaport

Examples from the Web for home port

Historical Examples of home port

They stood round it and wrangled about what kind of vessel it was and what was its home-port.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete
Martin Anderson Nexo
There it swings, blow high or low, in sleet and hail, until the ship reaches her home-port.
Jan Vedder's Wife
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr