Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homeport

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: home-port
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).

verb

To assign a vessel a port to act as its home.

Example Sentences

"The good news from the Ad Hoc Committee for a Safe Boston Harbor is the Navy has decided not to homeport the Iowa Battleship Task Force, complete with sea-launch cruise nukes, in Boston Harbor. The bad news from the Committee is the Navy has offered Boston two frigates armed with tactical nuclear weapons as a "booby prize.""

Etymology

From home + port.

Inflected Forms

homeports (plural) home port (alternative) homeports (present, singular) homeporting (participle, present) homeported (participle, past) homeported (past)

Frequently Paired Words

port of registry

Questions

What does homeport mean?: The port where a vessel is based (not necessarily the one where it is registered).
Where does homeport come from?: From home + port.

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