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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The port in which a vessel is registered or permanently based.
- noun The port from which a vessel primarily operates, regardless of its registry.
- transitive verb To base (a ship) permanently in a given port.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered
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