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homes
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.
homes
noun(home)
an institution where people are cared for
Synonyms: nursing home, rest home,
Examples:
A home for the elderly.
homes
noun(home)
a social unit living together
Synonyms: family, house, household, menage,
Examples:
The teacher asked how many people made up his home.
homes
adjective(home)
inside the country
Synonyms: interior, internal, national,
homes
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.
homes
noun(home)
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Synonyms: base,
homes
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.
homes
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.
homes
noun(home)
place where something began and flourished
Examples:
The United States is the home of basketball.
homes
verb(home)
provide with, or send to, a home
homes
verb(home)
return home accurately from a long distance
homes
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.
homes
adjective(home)
used of your own ground
Antonyms: away,
Examples:
A home game.
homes
(home)
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Examples:
My home town.

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