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

Moving south along Limón’s coast, Cahuita National Park’s coral reefs and rainforest hikes provide even more opportunities for wildlife observation, while inlaid-back, surf-centric Puerto Viejo’s can serve as an enriching yet relaxing home base nearby. —Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025

The irobot Roomba saves space with its mini home base and utilizes smart technology to map out a space and clean in precise rows while avoiding furniture. —Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025

Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club would make a great home base for one, with accommodations that include two- and three-bedroom villas with kitchenettes and washers and dryers. —Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025

This is also a good day to do repairs or solidify your home base in some way. —Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for home base

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