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• (noun) housing that someone is living in

  "he built a modest dwelling near the pond", "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

  synonyms : abode , domicile , dwelling , dwelling house , habitation

  I welcome you all to my humble abode. Please make yourselves at home. -added by geeta_inlas

  I wanna build my dream abode in san francisco! -added by priyavanjeri

  
  -tagged by learner_md
  After years of hard work, he managed to build his dream abode.

• (noun) an institution where people are cared for

  "a home for the elderly"

  synonyms : nursing home , rest home

• (noun) (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"

  synonyms : home base , home plate , plate

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : family , house , household , menage

• (noun) 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"

• (noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

  synonyms : base

  when they brought his body back to the mountain base, it was difficlut to recognise the fresh faced youth who had gone up the peak just the day before. -added by diviya_inlas

• (noun) 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?"

  synonyms : place

• (noun) place where something began and flourished

  "the United States is the home of basketball"

• (noun) 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"

• (verb) return home accurately from a long distance

  "homing pigeons"

• (verb) provide with, or send to, a home

• (adj.) used of your own ground

  "a home game"

• (adj.) relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

  "my home town"

• (adverb) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

  "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"

• (adverb) to the fullest extent; to the heart

  "drove the nail home", "drove his point home", "his comments hit home"

• (adverb) on or to the point aimed at

  "the arrow struck home"

• (adj.) inside the country

  "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior", "the nation's internal politics"

  synonyms : interior , internal , national

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