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home port definition

home port

  1. the port where a military, commercial, or cruise vessel is docked between trips or for seasonal stopovers or repairs
  2. the port where a retired ship is permanently stationed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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