1. Where you live at a particular time
   "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to";
   - place
    
2. Housing that someone is living in
   "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless";
   - dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house, domicil [rare]
    
3. The country, state or city where you live
   "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
    
4. An environment offering affection and security
   "there's no place like home"; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"
    
5. A social unit living together
   "the teacher asked how many people made up his home";
   - family, household, house, ménage
    
6. Place where something began and flourished
   "the United States is the home of basketball"
    
7. An institution where people are cared for
   "a home for the elderly";
   - nursing home, rest home
    
8. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
   "The aircraft carrier served as home base for the squadron";
   - base
    
9. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
   "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home";
   - home plate, home base, plate

1. At or to or in the direction of one's home or family
   "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"; "He stays home on weekends"; "after the game the children brought friends home for supper"
    
2. On or to the point aimed at
   "the arrow struck home"
    
3. To the fullest extent; to the heart
   "his comments hit home"; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"

1. (sport) used of your own ground
   "a home game"
    
2. Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
   "my home town"
    
3. Inside the country
   "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior";
   - interior, internal, national

1. Return home accurately from a long distance
   "homing pigeons"
    
2. Provide with, or send to, a home
   "The animal shelter homed dozens of rescued pets last month"

Derived forms: homes, homed, homing

See also: domestic, inland

Type of: abode, bag, base, beginning, domiciliate [rare], environment, house, housing, institution, living accommodations, location, lodging, origin, put up, residence, return, root, rootage, social unit, source, unit

Antonym: away

Encyclopedia: Home, PA