home
/hoʊm/ noun A1- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
- The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; a childhood or parental home; the home of one’s parents or guardian. · Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
- A house that has been made homelike, to suit the comfort of those who live there. · It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home
- A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum. · a home for outcasts· a home for the blind
- The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
- Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
Plural homes
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“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.
Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone many miles from home; and she had never killed anything in all her life.
I’m so glad to be at home again!”
Anne came home that evening in high spirits.
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