HOME


Meaning of HOME in English

n. 25B6; noun

they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, lodgings, rooms; a roof over one's head; address, place; informal pad, digs, semi; formal domicile, abode, dwelling (place), habitation. See lists here and at animal .

I am far from my home : HOMELAND, native land, home town, birthplace, roots, fatherland, motherland, mother country, country of origin, the old country.

a home for the elderly : INSTITUTION, nursing home, retirement home, rest home, children's home; hospice, shelter, refuge, retreat, asylum, hostel.

the home of fine wines : DOMAIN, realm, origin, source, cradle, fount, fountainhead.

25B6; adjective

the UK home market : DOMESTIC, internal, local, national, interior.

home produce : HOME-MADE, home-grown, local, family.

foreign, international.

25A0; at home

I was at home all day : IN, in one's house, present, available, indoors, inside, here.

she felt very much at home : AT EASE, comfortable, relaxed, content; in one's element.

he is at home with mathematics : CONFIDENT WITH, conversant with, proficient in; used to, familiar with, au fait with, au courant with, skilled in, experienced in, well versed in; informal well up on.

she was not at home to friends : ENTERTAINING, receiving; playing host to.

25A0; bring something home to someone MAKE SOMEONE REALIZE, make someone understand, make someone aware, make something clear to someone; drive home, press home, impress upon someone, draw attention to, focus attention on, underline, highlight, spotlight, emphasize, stress.

25A0; hit home . See hit .

25A0; home in on FOCUS ON, concentrate on, zero in on, centre on, fix on; highlight, spotlight, underline, pinpoint; informal zoom in on.

25A0; nothing to write home about (informal) UNEXCEPTIONAL, mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill; tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, (plain) vanilla, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much; Brit. informal common or garden; N. Amer. informal ornery.

Homes

adobe longhouse

A-frame maisonette

apartment manoir

back-to-back manor

barracks manse

bastide mansion

bedsit messuage

bedsitter mobile home

bed-sitting room motel

bi-level mud hut

black house palace

blockhouse parsonage

bungalow penthouse

cabin pied-à-terre

caravan pile dwelling

castle prefab

chalet presbytery

chateau priory

condo ranch (house)

condominium rancher

cottage rath

country house rectory

crannog rest home

dacha rondavel

deanery semi-detached house

detached house shack

donga shanty

duplex side split

farmhouse single end

fibro skerm

flat split

flatlet stately home

floatel stilted house

frame house studio flat

gîte tenement

grange tent

hacienda tepee

hermitage terrace

hogan terraced house

homestead terramare

hostel town house

hotel trailer

house tree house

houseboat tupik

hovel two-up two-down

hut vicarage

igloo villa

jhuggi whare

lake dwelling wigwam

lodge yurt

log cabin

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