| at-home |
a usu. informal reception of visitors and guests at one's home. |
| come home to roost |
of an action or actions, to return or rebound against the doer; boomerang. |
| detention home |
a place where juvenile offenders are held in custody, esp. while awaiting a court's disposition of their cases. |
| down-home |
of, resembling, or characteristic of the qualities associated with rural folk or family, such as hospitality, simplicity, and warmth. |
| foster home |
a home in which a child is cared for by someone other than his or her natural or adoptive parents. |
| funeral home |
an establishment where the bodies of the dead are made ready for burial or cremation and where funeral services are sometimes held. |
| home economics |
the skills and art of managing a home, including nutrition, interior design, and child development. [2 definitions] |
| home fries |
sliced raw or boiled potatoes fried in oil or shortening; home fried potatoes. |
| home office |
the main office of a business, organization, or company that has several offices. [2 definitions] |
| home page |
the main page of a Web site, often having a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web site. |
| home plate |
in baseball, a five-sided flat slab of hard rubber at which the batter stands, and which the base runner must touch in order to score a run. |
| home port |
the location of a vessel between trips or during maintenance servicing, or its port of registration. [2 definitions] |
| home range |
the area usu. covered by an animal during the course of a day or season. |
| home rule |
the principle or practice of self-government by the citizens of a country, state, or city, esp. as granted by a controlling authority. |
| home run |
in baseball, a hit that allows the batter enough time to touch all four bases in succession and score a run. |
| home video |
equipment having to do with the playing or recording of videocassettes or videodiscs in the home, or a videocassette or videodisc viewed in the home. |
| home-brew |
any alcoholic beverage, esp. beer, that is prepared at home. |
| home-cooked |
prepared and cooked at home. |
| homeroom |
a school classroom where students meet at the beginning of the school day for attendance and announcements. |
| mobile home |
a movable house without a permanent foundation but able to be placed and connected to utilities fairly permanently. |