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home

 
 
/həʊm/ noun

Definition

LIVE [C, U] the place where you live or feel you belong: I tried to ring him, but he wasn't at home. We sold our home in London and moved to Scotland. He left home (= stopped living with his family) when he was eighteen.
CARE [C] a place where people who need special care live: a children's home My grandmother lives in a home now.
feel at home to feel happy and confident in a place or situation: After a month she felt at home in her new job.
make yourself at home to behave in a relaxed way in a place, as if it was your own home: Take off your coat and make yourself at home.
the home of sth/sb the place where you usually find something or someone, or where they come from: France, the home of good food → See also nursing home → See also stately home
(Definition of home noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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