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home front

home front

 
pronunciation:
hom fruhnt
part of speech: noun
definition: the civilian population or location during a time of war abroad conceived of an assisting force or as an additional theater of war in which the "combatants" do not actually fight but engage in activities that support those who do.
Women worked in munitions factories as part of the home front.The war was fought not just on the battlefield but on the home front.