Home | Mean of home in English Dictionary

/ˈhoʊm/

• Noun
• the place (such as a house or apartment) where a person lives
1. Right now his home is a small apartment.
2. People are concerned about protecting their homes.
3. (chiefly US) The neighborhood is filled with expensive new homes. [=houses]
4. They've started on a major home-improvement project. [=a project to make their house better, bigger, more modern, etc.]
5. They have a second/vacation home on the lake.
6. There's no place like home.
7. Let's stay at home tonight. [=let's not go out tonight]
8. I must have left my notes at home.
9. We're a long way from home. [=we are not close to our house]
10. I will be away from home [=I will not be at my house] for two weeks.
11. He has no place to call home. [=he does not have a place to live]
12. He works at/from home. [=he does his work in his house and not in an office building]
• a family living together in one building, house, etc.
1. She made a good home for her husband and children.
2. She came from a troubled home. [=a family with many problems]
3. He comes from a broken home. [=a family in which the parents have divorced]
4. She lived at home [=she lived with her parents or family] until she got married.
5. He left home [=left his parent's house and lived in his own house] after graduating from high school.
• a place where something normally or naturally lives or is located
1. Australia is the home [=habitat] of the kangaroo.
2. The islands are home to many species of birds.

• the place where something began or was created
1. The restaurant advertises itself as the home of the “Big Burger.”
• a place where something is placed, stored, etc.
1. Can you find homes for these files in your office?
• the place where someone lives or originally comes from
1. New York will always be home to me.
2. They made their home [=they settled] on the banks of the Mississippi.
3. People back home [=in his hometown; in the place he is from] would never believe how much he has changed.
4. He has fond memories of his boyhood home. [=the place where he lived as a boy]
• the place where an organization, a company, etc., is located and operates
1. This building will be the orchestra's new home.
2. The big television networks have their homes in the same city.
• a place where people who are unable to care for themselves live and are cared for
1. an orphan's home
2. an old people's home
3. She doesn't want to put her mother in a home.
• a place that you try to reach in some games (such as baseball)
1. He was tagged out at home.
• in your own country and not a foreign country
1. We face serious threats both at home and abroad.
• in a team's own stadium, park, etc.
1. The team's next six games are at home. [=in its own stadium]
2. The team has done much better at home [=in its home games] than on the road.
• relaxed and comfortable
1. She feels at home on the stage.
2. They made me feel (right) at home my first day at the new job.
3. Come on in and make yourself at home. [=do what you need to do to feel relaxed and comfortable]
4. The professor is equally at home in politics and history. [=knows a lot about both politics and history]
5. I've never really felt/been completely at home with [=comfortable and confident about using] all these new-fangled machines.
• a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as your own home
1. Whenever he came to the city, his brother's place was like a home away from home.
• to or at the place where you live
1. She called home to say she would be late for dinner.
2. He's sending money home from a job overseas.
3. She is on her way home.
4. It's great to be back home.
5. (chiefly US) They're never home when I try to see them.
6. I can't wait to come/go/get home.
7. (chiefly US) Let's stay home tonight. [=let's not go out tonight]
8. He brings/takes home about $750 a week. [=the amount of money he gets after paying taxes, health insurance, etc., is about $750 each week]
• into a finished or final position
1. He used a hammer to drive the nail home.
2. shove the bolt home [=all the way into its place]
• to, toward, or into a goal
1. He fired the puck home. [=he shot the hockey puck into the goal]
• to make (something) very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way
1. The importance of regular exercise was brought home to him when his best friend developed heart problems.
• to become very clear and obvious to (someone) in usually a forceful or unpleasant way
1. The truth about her marriage came home to her when he left her.
• to say something in a very strong or forceful way
1. He drove his point home during the debate.
• to become very clear and obvious in usually a forceful or unpleasant way
1. The truth about their marriage finally hit home.
• sure of succeeding, winning, etc.
1. If we can meet this next deadline, we'll be home free.
• of or relating to a home or family
1. She has a happy home life.
2. Please give us your home phone number.
3. What is your home address?
• designed to be used in your home
1. a home entertainment system
2. home cooking
3. He couldn't wait to have a home-cooked meal. [=a meal made and eaten at home]
• at a team's own field, stadium, arena, etc.
1. the home team
2. home games
3. The team opens its home season in just two weeks.
• of, relating to, or coming from within your own country
1. We can make a profit on home sales alone.
2. the home market
• Verb
• to find and move directly toward (someone or something)
1. The missile was homing in on its target.
2. Researchers are homing in on the cause of the disease.