Main entry: dwelling, dwelling house, domicile, habitation, home, abode
Definition: housing that someone is living in
Usage: he built a modest dwelling near the pond; they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
Main entry: home, nursing home, rest home
Definition: an institution where people are cared for
Usage: a home for the elderly
Main entry: home, home base, home plate, plate
Definition: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Usage: he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
Main entry: home, house, household, family, menage
Definition: a social unit living together
Usage: he moved his family to Virginia; It was a good Christian household; I waited until the whole house was asleep; the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Main entry: home
Definition: the country or state or city where you live
Usage: Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home; his home is New Jersey
Definition: the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Definition: where you live at a particular time
Usage: deliver the package to my home; he doesn't have a home to go to; your place or mine?
Main entry: home
Definition: place where something began and flourished
Usage: the United States is the home of basketball
Main entry: home
Definition: an environment offering affection and security
Usage: home is where the heart is; he grew up in a good Christian home; there's no place like home
Main entry: home
Definition: return home accurately from a long distance
Usage: homing pigeons
Main entry: home
Definition: provide with, or send to, a home
Main entry: interior, internal, home, national
Definition: inside the country
Usage: the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior; the nation's internal politics
Main entry: home
Definition: used of your own ground
Usage: a home game
Main entry: home
Definition: relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Usage: my home town
Main entry: home
Definition: at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
Usage: He stays home on weekends; after the game the children brought friends home for supper; I'll be home tomorrow; came riding home in style; I hope you will come home for Christmas; I'll take her home; don't forget to write home
Main entry: home
Definition: to the fullest extent; to the heart
Usage: drove the nail home; drove his point home; his comments hit home
Main entry: home
Definition: on or to the point aimed at
Usage: the arrow struck home