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home
  1. (heading) A dwelling.
    1. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.
    2. The place where a person was raised; Childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
    3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
    4. Those things which make a house home-like.
    5. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
    6. (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
  2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
  3. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
  4. (heading) A focus point.
    1. (board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
    2. (baseball) Home plate.
    3. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
    4. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
  5. (US, slang) Shortened form of homeboy.
  6. (computing) Clipping of home directory.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “There was a delightful aroma coming from her home as she prepared her dinner.”
      “After two decades away, she felt it was time to return to her home in South Africa to spend more time with her elderly parents.”
      “I'll find a permanent home for it as soon as I have some additional room in my apartment.”
homestead
  1. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm.
  2. The place that is one's home.
  3. (South Africa) A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
  4. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Svensholm is a small Viking homestead, comprising a large hall and a few outbuildings.”
homeliness
  1. The property of being homely.
  2. The quality associated with home; domesticity.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The homeliness and unostentatiousness of the middle class American were captivating.”
      “Despite the high ceilings and generous proportions the house exudes comfort and homeliness.”
      “It is a sumptuously executed slice of pop, both cosy-toed and lolloping as it sweetly cascades a deliciously warmly bathed fuzzy-felt homeliness.”
homesickness
  1. The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “To say I'm suffering from a combination of culture shock and stomach churning homesickness would be understating it.”
      “Somehow, his voice made her feel a very, very, very teeny tiny bit of homesickness.”
      “Suddenly a wave of homesickness washed over me, almost more than I could bear.”
homeshoring
  1. A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This would be consistent with the homeshoring phenomenon of tech sectors doing well in lower-wage areas outside of Silicon Valley.”
      “How can you simultaneously defend the practice of offshore outsourcing but still celebrate homeshoring?”
      “Here's a link to a press release from Housteau, a firm dealing with homeshoring, opening up a new development center in Columbus.”
homedulgence
  1. The phenomenon or practice of consumers spending leisure time at home instead of going out.
homeling
homesitter
  1. a person employed to live in and take care of a home when the usual occupants are away
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The homeowners hired a homesitter to look after their property while they were on vacation.”
homelife
  1. The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's the story of Max, a chronic daydreamer on the brink of adolescence whose crumbing homelife and bully problems are averted by his vivid visits from his imaginary friends.”
homesitting
  1. Living in and taking care of a home when the usual occupants are away.
homesteader
  1. A pioneer who goes and settles on a homestead.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Is not this the history of the frontiersman or homesteader everywhere at all times?”
      “Before Letters Patent could be issued to a homesteader, the land had to be accurately described and located through cadastral surveys.”
      “He supported himself by varied occupations that included general household worker, hotel cook, laundryman, farm labourer, and homesteader.”
homestall
  1. Place of a home; homestead.
homelyness
  1. Obsolete spelling of homeliness
homelessness
  1. The state of being homeless.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Housing chiefs say that waiting lists and homelessness are likely to grow during this period.”
      “The place of the poem is the place of our homelessness, our groundlessness.”
      “They sniff glue to heal the pain of homelessness and numb the fear of police abuse.”
homestayer
  1. One who stays at home.
homesourcing
homes
homelessnesses
homesicknesses
homesteaders
  1. plural of homesteader
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Sheep and cattle, introduced by homesteaders, munched the grasses that fueled periodic fires.”
      “In 1887, Congress confiscated 90 million acres from Indian tribes and offered it to white homesteaders.”
      “In fact, they are slowly decaying Western ghost towns, relics of 19th-century homesteaders and gold seekers who abandoned them decades ago.”
homesitters
homestayers
  1. plural of homestayer
homelinesses
homestalls
  1. plural of homestall
homesteads
  1. plural of homestead
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  3. Examples:
    1. “His borderless homesteads reveal the close-knit neighbors as a hop, skip, and a jump away from mob mentality.”
      “Those who decided to stay in the East could select homesteads on former tribal land.”
      “There are also remains of old castles and medieval fortifications and magnificent examples of rural homesteads.”
homelings
homelives
  1. plural of homelife
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