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homeporting

homeporting is the present participle and gerund of homeport.

Meaning of homeport

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

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Questions about homeporting

What is homeporting the present participle and gerund of?
Homeporting is the present participle and gerund of homeport.

Words near homeporting in the dictionary

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

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