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containerport

noun

Definition of containerportnext
as in home port

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  1. home port
  2. sound
Noun
  • The ship may break a record for the longest trip away from its home port for a US carrier since the Vietnam War.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The ship left its home port in San Diego in November and has spent more than 200 consecutive days at sea without making a port call.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of home port
Noun
  • Halfway through the evening, Hendifar, artistic director and CEO of the New York City design studio Apparatus, realized they’d re-created the sounds of his childhood home in Los Angeles, where his mother had immigrated from Tehran.
    — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Witnesses at the store and hotel said the bag made a metallic clicking sound when Kramer put it down.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sound
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“Containerport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containerport. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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