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microcosm
/ˈmaɪ krə ˌkɑ zəm /
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home

(eg. house, sign, literal )

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  • home  /ˈhoʊm/ ?  where you live at a particular time

    home meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (n) where you live at a particular time
    2. (n) housing that someone is living in
    3. (n) the country or state or city where you live
    4. (n) (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
    5. (n) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
    6. (n) place where something began and flourished
    7. (n) an environment offering affection and security
    8. (n) a social unit living together
    9. (n) an institution where people are cared for
    10. (v) provide with, or send to, a home
    11. (v) return home accurately from a long distance
    12. (adj) used of your own ground
    13. (adj) relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
    14. (adj) inside the country
    15. (adv) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
    16. (adv) on or to the point aimed at
    17. (adv) to the fullest extent; to the heart
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    Synonym(s)

    domicile, dwelling

    home usage(s) Create your Own

    1. It's a wind turbine designed especially for home use.
    2. In the wake of a surprise court decision, the state says that its home schoolers are.
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  • home appliance  an appliance that does a particular job in the home
  • home away from home  a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you…
  • home banking  banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication…
  • home base  (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must…
  • home brew  an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home
  • home buyer  someone buying a house
  • home computer  a computer intended for use in the home
  • home counties  the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has…
  • home court  (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games
  • home ec  theory and practice of homemaking
  • home economics  theory and practice of homemaking
  • home equity credit  a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home
  • home equity loan  a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home
  • home folk  folks from your own home town
  • home fries  sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
  • home from home  a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were…
  • home front  the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war
  • home game  a game played at home
  • home ground  the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
  • home guard  a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting…
  • home help  a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local…
  • home in  direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
  • home invasion  burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home
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