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home economics

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  • home economics  theory and practice of homemaking

    home economics meaning(s)  Add to My List

    • (n) theory and practice of homemaking
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    Synonym(s)

    home ec, household arts

    home economics usage(s) Create your Own

    1. The girls are among the new faces of home economics a school subject that did not actually vanish along with the family fondue set in the 1970s.
    2. Practically, it emphasized hard work and good home economics.
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  • 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
  • home key  the basic key in which a piece of music is written
  • home loan  a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home
  • home loan bank  one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances…
  • home movie  a film made at home by an amateur photographer
  • home office  the government department in charge of domestic affairs
  • home page  the opening page of a web site
  • home plate  (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must…
  • home port  the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered
  • home range  the area in which an animal normally ranges
  • home reserve  United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by…
  • home room  a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of…
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