home port

noun

Definition of home portnext
as in seaport

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Recent Examples of home port Not only are there multiple home ports throughout the south to choose from, but there are also a handful of ships sailing from these ports. — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026 Most of the ships serviced at the base have San Diego as their home port. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026 The crew of Burmese and Chinese sailors will sail back to home port in China. — Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026 This stop will assess what can be fixed immediately and what requires attention at its home port in Norfolk. — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for home port
Recent Examples of Synonyms for home port
  1. seaport
  2. sound
  3. canal
  4. bay
  5. narrow
  6. inlet
  7. roads
  8. lagoon
Noun
  • Haiti’s vulnerable ports As Haiti’s armed gangs have expanded and become more powerful, concerns about the security of the country’s seaports have grown.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The incident did not the ability to safely use the seaport’s maritime facilities, or travel to or from the airport.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Definition of seaport
Noun
  • They were kept awake at night by the sounds of trucks and jackhammers.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Imagine tall trees across the lake, a calm breeze, children laughing in the distance, the scent of your old canvas tent – there’s no forgetting the sights, sounds, smells and feel of summer camp.
    — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of sound
Noun
  • The festival is held annually to celebrate the end of an outbreak of the plague in 1576 and is attended by thousands of people in boats and on the city’s canals, culminating in a fireworks show over the city.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Hooking a Giant That morning was still as my kayak cut through the hydrilla and into a canal.
    — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
Definition of canal
Noun
  • Gidaki was beautiful, but Afales bay, where turquoise waters crash into imposing limestone cliffs, was the true highlight.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • July and August are generally the windiest months on the bay, a result of hot air rising over the Central Valley and pulling cooler air from the Pacific Ocean through the bay’s narrow entrance.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of bay
Noun
  • Support remains positive among voters aged 30-44, but narrows, with 33% in support and 28% in opposition.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • When a strong magnetic field is present, that wide cone narrows and is then called a jet.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
Definition of narrow
Noun
  • Next, crews will work to complete stormwater inlet connections and activate the water storage system, KC Water said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Today, Crater Lake National Park boasts the deepest lake in the country, at 1,943 feet, and one of the cleanest too, as there are no inlets or outlets to allow for contamination.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of inlet
Noun
  • In parts of Uvalde County, muddy floodwaters covered roads and fields and rose nearly as high as houses' rooftops, according to a video posted by Texas Department of Public Safety.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of roads
Noun
  • The lagoon, which serves as a drainage detention basin, spans 212 acres and has an average depth of about 6 feet, according to the city’s website.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • Terrazzo flooring composed of four natural stones and Murano glass elements recall the movement and gradation of the Venetian lagoon.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 13 July 2026
Definition of lagoon

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“Home port.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20port. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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