Added 8 October 2026

home

/həʊm/ noun

In Latin: domus, domicilium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about home at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Where you live at a particular time.
deliver the package to my home
Housing that someone is living in.
he built a modest dwelling near the pond
The country or state or city where you live.
Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home

verb

Provide with, or send to, a home.
Return home accurately from a long distance.
homing pigeons

adjective

Used of your own ground.
a home game
Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are.
my home town
Inside the country.
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior

adverb

At or to or in the direction of one's home or family.
He stays home on weekends
On or to the point aimed at.
the arrow struck home
To the fullest extent; to the heart.
drove the nail home

Origin

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem.

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