Antonyms for homes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hohm |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoÊŠm |
Definition of homes
Origin :- Old English ham "dwelling, house, estate, village," from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (cf. Old Frisian hem "home, village," Old Norse heimr "residence, world," heima "home," Danish hjem, Middle Dutch heem, German heim "home," Gothic haims "village"), from PIE root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home" (cf. Sanskrit kseti "abides, dwells," Armenian shen "inhabited," Greek kome, Lithuanian kaimas "village;" Old Church Slavonic semija "domestic servants").
- 'Home' in the full range and feeling of [Modern English] home is a conception that belongs distinctively to the word home and some of its Gmc. cognates and is not covered by any single word in most of the IE languages. [Buck]
- Home stretch (1841) is originally a reference from horse racing. Home base in baseball attested by 1859 (home plate by 1867; home as the goal in a sport or game is from 1778). Home economics first attested 1899. Slang phrase make (oneself) at home "become comfortable in a place one does not live" dates from 1892. To keep the home fires burning is from a song title from 1914. To be nothing to write home about "unremarkable" is from 1907. Home movie is from 1919; home computer is from 1967.
- noun place where a human lives
- noun birthplace, environment
- In what section of the city did most of the working girls, who had no homes, live?
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- The Egyptians treasured in their homes the mummies of their dead.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- We planned as soon as night fell to go to our homes; but it was not to be.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- We will leave our homes unguarded—our hearts shall be their wall!
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Strange as it may seem, these castles were the birthplaces and homes of chivalry.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- And now, in thousands of homes we feel that there is nothing else.
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- They did not leave their homes, in the truest sense,—they brought them with them.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- He is selecting those he wants, and the rest he will send to their homes.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- On what agonies of creative and original minds is the safety of their homes based?
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- The articles we publish by women are sent to this office from their own homes.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for homes
- abode
- address
- apartment
- asylum
- boarding house
- bungalow
- cabin
- camping ground
- castle
- cave
- co-op
- commorancy
- condo
- condominium
- cottage
- country
- crash pad
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dormitory
- dump
- dwelling
- element
- family
- farm
- fireside
- flat
- habitat
- habitation
- hangout
- haunt
- haven
- hearth
- hideout
- hills
- hole in the wall
- home ground
- home plate
- homeland
- homestead
- hometown
- hospital
- house
- household
- hut
- joint
- land
- living quarters
- locality
- manor
- mansion
- neck of the woods
- neighborhood
- nest
- orphanage
- pad
- palace
- parking place
- place
- range
- residence
- resort
- roof
- rooming house
- roost
- shanty
- shelter
- site
- soil
- stamping ground
- stomping ground
- territory
- trailer
- turf
- villa
- where the hat is
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