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▸ 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.
▸ noun: The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.
▸ noun: The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
▸ noun: A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
▸ noun: A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
▸ noun: (by extension) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
▸ noun: (by extension) Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.
▸ noun: One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
▸ noun: The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
▸ noun: A focus point.
▸ noun: (board games) The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
▸ noun: (baseball) Home plate.
▸ noun: (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
▸ noun: (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's homepage.
▸ noun: (music, informal) The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
▸ verb: (of animals, transitive) To return to its owner.
▸ verb: (always with "in on", transitive) To seek or aim for something.
▸ adjective: Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign.
▸ adjective: (now rare, except in phrases) That strikes home; direct, pointed.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Personal, intimate.
▸ adjective: (sports) Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
▸ adverb: To one's home.
▸ adverb: To one's place of residence or one's customary or official location.
▸ adverb: To one's place of birth.
▸ adverb: To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
▸ adverb: (Internet) To the home page.
▸ adverb: At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
▸ adverb: To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
▸ adverb: (UK, soccer) into the goal
▸ adverb: (nautical) into the right, proper or stowed position
▸ noun: (computing) A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or in a web browser to the top of the web page.
▸ noun: A habitational surname from Old English.
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States, all apparently meaning home, a place to live:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Marshall County, Kansas.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun: A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia.
▸ noun: (computing) Clipping of home directory. [(computing) A directory that contains a user's files.]
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habitation,
abode,
domicile,
dwelling,
rest home,
domestic,
nursing home,
house,
household,
dwelling house,
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