home base

noun

plural home bases

1

: the place in which someone or something lives or operates

The company's home base is in New York.

She returned to her home base after a long month of traveling.

2

baseball : the base that a runner must touch in order to score

The runner was tagged out at home base.

3

slang + impolite : sexual intercourse

—usually used in phrases like get to home base or reach home base compare first base sense 4, second base sense 3, third base sense 3

Examples of home base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The stadium opened this summer in time to serve as the home base for the Czech Republic during the World Cup. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

And Neagley also has a home base in Chicago and a core group for support. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

This five-bedroom Italianate house makes for an elegant home base for fall gatherings with friends, with ample room to spread out. — Madeline Weinfield, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

Paramount floated shifting its home base to Tennessee or Texas in July, hoping to deter California Atty. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for home base

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace