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Noun home has 9 senses
- home, place - where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
--1 is a kind of residence, abode
--1 has particulars: home away from home, home from home
- dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
--2 is a kind of housing, lodging, living accommodations
--2 has parts: | | bathroom, bath; bedroom, sleeping room, chamber, bedchamber; den; dining room, dining-room; dressing room; family room; kitchen; living room, living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour |
--2 has particulars:
- home - the country or state or city where you live; "Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home"; "his home is New Jersey"
--3 is a kind of location
- home - an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
--4 is a kind of environment
- home, nursing home, rest home - an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"
--5 is a kind of institution
- base, home - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
--6 is a kind of location
- family, household, house, home, menage - a social unit living together; "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"
--7 is a kind of unit, social unit
--7 has particulars:
- home plate, home base, home, plate - (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"
--8 is a kind of base, bag
- home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball"
--9 is a kind of beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
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