Homeport
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
- 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 weapons as a "booby prize.""
Example
More examples"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 weapons as a "booby prize.""
Etymology
From home + port.
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