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home

noun(home)

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

Synonyms: home base, home plate, plate,

Examples:

He ruled that the runner failed to touch home.

home

noun(home)

an institution where people are cared for

Synonyms: nursing home, rest home,

Examples:

A home for the elderly.

home

noun(home)

a social unit living together

Synonyms: family, house, household, menage,

Examples:

The teacher asked how many people made up his home.

home

adjective(home)

inside the country

Synonyms: interior, internal, national,

home

noun(home)

where you live at a particular time

Synonyms: place,

Examples:

Deliver the package to my home.
He doesn't have a home to go to.

home

noun(home)

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonyms: base,

home

noun(home)

housing that someone is living in

Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation,

Examples:

They raise money to provide homes for the homeless.

home

noun(home)

an environment offering affection and security

Examples:

Home is where the heart is.
He grew up in a good Christian home.
There's no place like home.

home

noun(home)

place where something began and flourished

Examples:

The United States is the home of basketball.

home

verb(home)

provide with, or send to, a home

home

verb(home)

return home accurately from a long distance

home

noun(home)

the country or state or city where you live

Examples:

Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home.
His home is New Jersey.

home

adjective(home)

used of your own ground

Antonyms: away,

Examples:

A home game.

home

(home)

relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

Examples:

My home town.

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