homeport

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verb

home·port ˈhōm-ˌpȯrt

homeported; homeporting; homeports

transitive verb

: to provide with or assign to a home port

home port

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noun

: the port from which a ship hails or from which it is documented

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Verb

Royal Caribbean International will homeport a ship in San Diego for the first time. —

Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 Starting this year, Disney Cruise Line will homeport in Singapore for the first time with the launch of the Disney Adventure. —

Megan Dubois, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

Noun

What To Know The U.S. Pacific Fleet said USS Tripoli, which is the sister ship of the America and the second America-class amphibious assault ship, will change its home port from San Diego in California to Sasebo in Japan, located to the east of China across the East China Sea. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025 People's Liberation Army Navy CNS Liaoning: Qingdao, Shandong A satellite image captured on Friday showed the Liaoning, the first operational Chinese aircraft carrier, moored at its home port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for homeport