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

Rhimes moved her company’s home base to Netflix from Disney in 2017, about 18 months after Netflix threw open its doors to international business in January 2016. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Suiran serves as a peaceful home base from which to explore the dynamic food and restaurant scene in Kyoto. — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

The serene spaces, personal service, and vibrant lounge—not to mention super-comfy rooms—make the Shangri-La a perfectly decadent Toronto home base. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

And, if so, what role will Heritage play in cultivating them and being a home base for them? — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 5 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