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

Employees got into the Duke fun, too, showing a sense of pride in the character and its relationship to their home base. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

It was revealed in August that the Sussexes planned to establish a private home base in Britain for an extended stay while keeping their properties in California and Portugal. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026

Galleon’s Lap For a smaller group, this charming cottage makes the perfect home base. — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

The 36-suite Hotel Yellowstone, named a Western Wonder in Robb Report’s 2025 Best of the Best awards, served as the home base for the four-day extravaganza. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 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