home port also home·port (hōmpôrt, -pōrt)
n.
► The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
► The port from which a merchant vessel primarily operates, regardless of its registry.
tr.v. home·port·ed, home·port·ing, home·ports
To base (a ship) permanently in a given port.

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