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/həʊm/ adjective

Definition

sb's home address/phone number, etc an address/telephone number, etc for the place where someone lives
FOR/FROM HOME made or used in the place where someone lives: home cooking a home computer
SPORT relating to the place where a sporting event happens: The home team won 2-0.
COUNTRY relating to things in your own country: home affairs
(Definition of home adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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