Home
nounAdjective
inside the country
used of your own ground
“a home game”
Noun
where you live at a particular time
“deliver the package to my home”
“he doesn't have a home to go to”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
“he ruled that the runner failed to touch home”
an institution where people are cared for
“a home for the elderly”
Type of:Institutiona social unit living together
“the teacher asked how many people made up his home”
housing that someone is living in
“they raise money to provide homes for the homeless”
Type of:HousingLodgingan environment offering affection and security
“home is where the heart is”
“he grew up in a good Christian home”
“there's no place like home”
Type of:Environmentthe country or state or city where you live
“Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home”
“his home is New Jersey”
Type of:Locationplace where something began and flourished
“the United States is the home of basketball”
Type of:RootageBeginningSourcethe place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Similar:BaseType of:Location
Verb
provide with, or send to, a home
return home accurately from a long distance
Type of:Return
Other
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
“my home town”
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA