home base

Definition of Home Base in English :

1. home, home base, home plate, plate

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Example Sentences:
'he ruled that the runner failed to touch home'

(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

Example Sentences:
'many companies have their headquarters in New York'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Home Base

noun

1.

the place where a person has their home and feels comfortable

Chicago is my home base.

2.

headquarters

n.

1.

a. An objective toward which players of certain games, such as backgammon, progress.

b. Baseball Home plate.

2. A base of operations; a headquarters.