home port
noun
the port where a ship is registered.
the port out of which a ship is operated but not necessarily registered.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby home port
home mission, home of the hirsel, home office, home page, home plate, home port, home range, home row, home rule, home ruler, home run
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Example sentences from the Web for home port
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 BarrThey 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