📒 the house or flat that you live in, especially with your family
- Old people prefer to stay in their own homes.
- His children were upset when he sold the family home.
- While travelling she missed the comforts of home.
📒 a house or flat, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold
- a holiday/summer home
- A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town.
- He'd always dreamed of owning his own home.
📒 the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to
- I often think about my friends back home.
- Jane left England and made Greece her home.
- be home to somebody Jamaica is home to over two million people.
📒 used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves
- She came from a violent home.
- They wanted to give the boy a secure and loving home.
- He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.
📒 a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others
- a children’s home
- an old people’s home
- a retirement home
📒 a place where pets with no owner are taken care of
📒 the place where a plant or animal usually lives; the place where somebody/something can be found
- This region is the home of many species of wild flower.
- The tiger's home is in the jungle.
- Beverly Hills is the home of the stars.
📒 a place where an object is kept
- We haven't found a home for all our books yet.
📒 the place where something was first discovered, made or invented
- New Orleans, the home of jazz
- Greece, the home of democracy
- Andalusia, the home of flamenco
📒 in a person’s own house, flat, etc.
- I called round last night, but you weren't at home.
- Oh no, I left my purse at home.
- He lived at home (= with his parents) until he was thirty.
📒 comfortable and relaxed
- Sit down and make yourself at home.
- Simon feels very at home on a horse.
📒 in somebody’s own country, not in a foreign country
- The president is not as popular at home as he is abroad.
📒 if a sports team plays at home, it plays in the town, etc. that it comes from
- Leeds are playing at home this weekend.
- Is the match on Saturday at home or away?
📒 away from a person’s own house, flat, etc.
- He works away from home during the week.
- I don't want to be away from home for too long.
- Her job means she's away from home for weeks at a time.
📒 if a sports team plays away from home, it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from
- The side has scored 24 goals away from home this season.
- The team are playing away from home.
📒 you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people
📒 if a remark or topic of discussion is close to home, it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed
- Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.
📒 that involves somebody directly
- The next year tragedy struck much closer to home.
📒 to eat a lot of somebody else’s food
- How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home.
📒 a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home
- The guests are made to feel that the hotel is a home from home.
- The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real home (away) from home.
📒 a home is where the people you love are
📒 used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
📒 a person’s home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like
📒 (used especially about a couple) to start living in a new place
- They got married and set up home together in Hull.
📒 the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there
- When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home.
- The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home.
- I had always thought of India as my spiritual home.
📒 used to emphasize a question about somebody/something
- Who's she when she's at home? (= I don't know her)
📒 to do your job in your own home, especially a job that is usually done in an office
- I usually work from home on Fridays.