home
adjective [before noun] (SPORTS) /həʊm/
/hoʊm/ Definition
› relating to the place where a team is based and plays a lot of its games: the home team/side a home matchCompetitions, and parts of competitions
(Definition of home adjective (SPORTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- beauty contest noun
- bout noun (SPORT)
- championship noun (COMPETITION)
- fixture noun (SPORTS EVENT)
- friendly noun
- gala noun (SPORTS EVENT)
- invitational noun
- knockout noun (COMPETITION)
- local derby noun
- match noun (COMPETITION)
- meet noun
- nip and tuck idiom
- on your marks, get set, go! idiom
- pageant noun
- preseason adjective
- preseason noun
- season noun
- tournament noun
- track meet noun
- winning post noun
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