home base

noun

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.

Examples of home base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Combined with a favorable exchange rate and London’s reputation as a global business and cultural hub, the city continues to attract wealthy buyers looking for both a long-term investment and a European home base. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 July 2026

Instead, overnight options skew more personal, from a historic inn to vacation rentals that provide a comfortable home base for tooling around town and exploring the surrounding area. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Founders Clinton Burns and Robert McDonnell selected Kansas City as their home base in 1898 after looking for a central location with potential water and sewer clients within a day’s travel, according to its biography. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

Paddle the Llano River The Llano River runs right through Castell, and the community makes a great home base for exploring it by canoe or kayak. — Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for home base

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