home port

1. 1.

   the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered

   Broaderport

Questions about home port

What does home port mean?

home port means "the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered".

Is home port a common word?

home port is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.