home

Home is the place where a person lives. The word "home" is different from the word "house." A house is a type of building for one person or a large family. A home can be a house, an apartment, a condominium, a city, a town, a shelter, or even a tent.

• What time do you leave home in the morning?
• After work, I went home to eat dinner.
• Where is your home located?
• What is the city that you call home?
• It always feels good to come home.
• Ted wants to go home, but he has to remain in Moscow for another two weeks.

Here are some well-known statements and expressions regarding home.

• There’s no place like home.
• Home is where the heart is.
• Home sweet home.

The word "home" is used in many compound nouns:

• A baseball player tries to hit a home run in order to score.
• A homemaker is a person who stays at home to take care of domestic responsibilities.
• A person who is traveling homeward or is homeward bound is going home.
• A home builder builds houses and other forms of residential buildings.
• A home buyer is looking for a home to purchase.
• A home seller is hoping to sell his or her home.
• A home boy or home girl is a person who spends a lot of time at home or in a neighborhood. These words are sometimes shortened to homie.
• A doctor who makes home visits and house calls sees his patients and clients in their homes.

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June 11, 2018