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homeport

homeport noun: the port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).

Noun

homeport (plural homeports)

  1. The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).

Verb

homeport (third-person singular simple present homeports, present participle homeporting, simple past and past participle homeported)

  1. To assign a vessel a port to act as its home.
    • The good news from the Ad Hoc Committee for a Safe Boston Harbor is the Navy has decided not to homeport the Iowa Battleship Task Force, complete with sea-launch cruise nukes, in Boston Harbor. The bad news from the Committee is the Navy has offered Boston two frigates armed with tactical nuclear...1983 August 20, Sue Hyde, “Boston Harbor Escapes Big Guns”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 2

Forms of homeport

Noun
pluralhomeports
alternative formhome port
Verb
third-person singular presenthomeports
present participlehomeporting
past participlehomeported
pasthomeported

Origin of homeport

From home + port.

Questions about homeport

What does homeport mean?
Homeport means the port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
What part of speech is homeport?
Homeport can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of homeport?
The plural of homeport is homeports.

Words near homeport in the dictionary

  1. homepages
  2. homeplace
  3. homeplaces
  4. homeplanet
  5. homeplanets
  6. homeport
  7. homeported
  8. homeporting
  9. homeports
  10. homepreneur
  11. homepreneurs

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