EGAVE

home

About 228.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A dwelling. 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.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
  5. noun 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
  6. noun A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
    a home for outcasts
  7. noun The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
  8. noun Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.

Similar words

domicile habitation domestic dwelling nursing home rest home house dwelling house household place

Often followed by

and to in of for with from at on

Word family

Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home Sir Alec Douglas-Home William Douglas-Home homed homes homing

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