home port also home·port (hōmpôrt′)
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Tweet n. 1. The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based. 2. The port from which a vessel primarily operates, regardless of its registry. tr.v. home port·ed, home port·ing, home ports also home·port·ed or home·port·ing or home·ports To base (a ship) permanently in a given port. |
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