English to English Dictionary

Home-Run

A hit in baseball that allows the batter to round all the bases and score a run.

Home-and-Hosed

A colloquial expression indicating that a situation is resolved or that one is safe and secure.

Homebody

A person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out.

Homebred

Raised or produced in one's own home or environment.

Homeland

A place where one was born or has strong cultural ties.

Homelessness

The state of having no home or permanent place of residence.

Homemaker

A person, typically a woman, who manages a home and takes care of the family.

Homeopathy

A system of alternative medicine based on the doctrine of likes ('like cures like'), wherein extremely dilute substances are used to trigger the body's natural healing system.

Homeroom teacher

A teacher responsible for the administrative duties, attendance, and pastoral care of a specific group of students in a school.

Homesickness

A feeling of longing for one's home during a period of absence from it.

Homestead

A house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings, typically on a plot of land.

Hometown

The town or city where one was born or grew up.