I.
noun
1 where sb lives; where sb/sth comes from
ADJECTIVE
▪ family , marital ( BrE ), matrimonial ( BrE ), parental ( BrE )
▪
It's unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family ~.
▪ boyhood , childhood
▪ adopted
▪ permanent , temporary
▪
a shelter for people with no permanent ~
▪
a temporary ~ for the paintings
▪ current , former
▪ new , old
▪ good , happy , loving , safe , secure ( BrE ), stable
▪
These children badly need a stable ~ life.
▪
The garage provides a secure ~ for your car.
▪ broken
▪
children from a broken ~ (= whose parents are no longer together)
▪ single-parent , two-parent
▪
More and more children in the school are from single-parent ~s.
▪ middle-class , working-class , etc.
▪ winter
▪
The mudflats offer a winter ~ to thousands of migrating swans.
▪ natural , spiritual
▪
The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual ~.
VERB + HOME
▪ be away from , get away from , leave
▪
He didn't leave ~ until he was 24.
▪ abandon , flee
▪
The people abandoned their ~s and headed for the hills.
▪ find (sb/sth) , give sb/sth
▪
Perhaps we could find a ~ for the kitten.
HOME + NOUN
▪ address , number
▪
Try calling me on my ~ number after six o'clock.
▪ background , conditions , environment , life , situation
▪
He came from an appalling ~ background.
▪
She had never had a stable ~ life.
▪ comforts ( esp. BrE )
▪
She desperately missed her ~ comforts while camping.
▪ appliance
▪ cinema ( BrE ), entertainment , theater ( AmE )
▪
the market for ~ entertainment systems
▪ movie , video
▪
We have a ~ movie of my dad teaching me to swim.
▪ use
▪
This computer is marketed for ~ use.
▪ computer
▪ user
▪
a laser printer aimed at the ~ user
▪ study
▪
The course is suitable for classroom or ~ study.
▪ work , worker , working (all esp. BrE )
▪
He supplements his income with part-time or ~ work.
▪ office
▪ care , nursing , visit
▪
The doctor was assaulted on a ~ visit.
▪ remedy , treatment
▪
I've tried all the ~ remedies for headaches without success.
▪ leave
▪
He went missing while on ~ leave from prison.
▪ consumption
▪
He claimed he had bought the cigarettes for ~ consumption.
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~ , away from ~
▪
Her job means she's away from ~ for weeks at a time.
▪ back ~ , in your own ~
▪ ~ of
▪
Andalusia, the ~ of flamenco
PHRASES
▪ a ~ away from ~ ( AmE ), a ~ from ~ ( BrE )
▪
The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real ~ (away) from ~.
▪ ~ sweet ~ (= used to say how pleasant your home is) , on the ~ front (= used to introduce domestic news)
▪
On the ~ front, the fuel crisis continues to worsen.
▪ welcome ~
▪
The banner said ‘Welcome ~, Dad!’
2 house, flat/apartment, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , comfortable , nice
▪ luxurious , luxury , magnificent , palatial
▪ private
▪ new , new-build ( BrE )
▪ custom ( AmE )
▪ existing , old
▪ affordable , humble , modest
▪ dream
▪
They found their dream ~ on the shore of a lake.
▪ detached , semi-detached
▪ terrace , terraced (both BrE )
▪ modern , traditional , Victorian
▪ own
▪
They designed and built their own ~.
▪ rental ( AmE ), rented
▪ council ( BrE )
▪ ranch , tract (both AmE )
▪ country , seaside ( esp. BrE ), suburban , village ( esp. BrE )
▪
He used to spend the summer painting at his country ~.
▪ holiday ( BrE ), second , summer , vacation ( AmE ), weekend , winter
▪
They also have a weekend ~ in the Catskills.
▪ caravan ( BrE ), mobile ( esp. AmE ), motor (usually motorhome ) , trailer
▪
The storm wrecked the family's motorhome.
▪ ancestral , historic , stately ( BrE )
▪
Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately ~.
VERB + HOME
▪ own
▪
He'd always dreamed of owning his own ~.
▪ buy , purchase
▪ build
▪ decorate , furnish
▪ destroy
HOME + NOUN
▪ buyer , owner
▪ ownership
▪ builder
▪ building , construction
▪ sales
▪ improvement , maintenance , repairs
▪ extension ( BrE )
▪ loan
▪ furnishings
▪ contents ( BrE )
▪
Make sure you insure your ~ contents for an adequate amount.
▪ insurance
▪ security
▪
Fitting a burglar alarm is the most effective way to increase ~ security.
3 place that provides care for sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ care ( esp. BrE ), children's , convalescent , foster , nursing , old people's ( esp. BrE ), residential ( BrE ), rest , retirement
▪ funeral
▪ purpose-built ( BrE )
▪
Work begins this week on a purpose-built ~ for the city's homeless.
VERB + HOME
▪ run
▪
They run a retirement ~ for the elderly.
II.
adj.
Home is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ affair , ↑ appliance , ↑ arena , ↑ batsman , ↑ birth , ↑ buyer , ↑ care , ↑ city , ↑ comfort , ↑ computer , ↑ confinement , ↑ constituency , ↑ construction , ↑ consumption , ↑ cook , ↑ cooking , ↑ country , ↑ county , ↑ crowd , ↑ decoration , ↑ delivery , ↑ district , ↑ electronics , ↑ entertainment , ↑ environment , ↑ extension , ↑ fan , ↑ farm , ↑ favourite , ↑ fixture , ↑ game , ↑ gardener , ↑ ground , ↑ gym , ↑ heating , ↑ improvement , ↑ inspection , ↑ inspector , ↑ insurance , ↑ invasion , ↑ kitchen , ↑ leave , ↑ life , ↑ loan , ↑ magazine , ↑ maintenance , ↑ market , ↑ match , ↑ mortgage , ↑ movie , ↑ number , ↑ nursing , ↑ owner , ↑ ownership , ↑ page , ↑ phone , ↑ port , ↑ purchase , ↑ recording , ↑ refrigerator , ↑ remedy , ↑ renovation , ↑ repair , ↑ rule , ↑ run , ↑ safety , ↑ sale , ↑ schooling , ↑ security , ↑ series , ↑ shopping , ↑ side , ↑ site , ↑ stadium , ↑ studio , ↑ team , ↑ territory , ↑ theatre , ↑ town , ↑ truth , ↑ turf , ↑ use , ↑ user , ↑ venue , ↑ video , ↑ viewer , ↑ village , ↑ visit , ↑ visitor , ↑ water , ↑ win
III.
adv.
Home is used with these verbs: ↑ drive , ↑ head , ↑ order , ↑ return , ↑ ride , ↑ run , ↑ rush , ↑ stay , ↑ strike , ↑ tap , ↑ travel , ↑ trudge , ↑ walk