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

United Airlines on Thursday put on sale a slew of new flights in cities where Spirit operates, like its home base of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Orlando, Florida, as well as Las Vegas, Houston and Chicago. —Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

But while Colorado officials have touted the state's ties to the Air Force as a reason for Space Command to remain there, Alabama officials have long lobbied hard that as a hub for aerospace and defense, Huntsville, the largest city in the state, is a far better home base. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

While Studio Cabida’s home base is in Newport Beach, the firm has extended its sphere of influence with team members in Boston, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. —Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025

The execs were a long way from their home base in Denver. —Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for home base

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