containerport

noun

Definition of containerportnext
as in home port

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  1. home port
  2. sound
Noun
  • The interview was conducted on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, which had just returned to its home port in San Diego after a lengthy deployment in the Middle East to support the Iran war.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s announcement was made the same day the USS Abraham Lincoln was due to arrive to its home port in San Diego after a record-long deployment in support of the Iran war.
    — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of home port
Noun
  • Traveling faster than Mach 5 means ARRW can exceed five times the speed of sound.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Despite its sprawl, From the Toolkit of Lovers is less a place for Leeds to prod at the possibilities of the Loidis project than to expand on the sound of One Day across a larger canvas.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sound
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“Containerport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containerport. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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