home base

The term "home base" can refer to a specific location in sports, a central place of operation in business, or a general place of comfort and safety.

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Definition

B2Baseball

(sports)The base where the batter stands and must return to score a run.

Example

  • The player slid into home base to score the winning run.

B2Business

(business)The main office or headquarters of an organization.

Example

  • The company's home base is located in New York City.

B1General

(general)A place where someone feels safe, comfortable, and in control.

Example

  • After traveling for months, it felt good to return to his home base.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "home base":

home groundon basehome inbase courtsecond homehome signfirst basehome pagehome sweet homehome officebase station