Home

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

Type of

Bag

Base

Examples

He ruled that the runner failed to touch home

An institution where people are cared for

Type of

Institution

Examples

A home for the elderly

A social unit living together

Inside the country

Where you live at a particular time

Synonyms

Place

Derivation

Homely

Examples

Deliver the package to my home

He doesn't have a home to go to

The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonyms

Base

Type of

Location

Housing that someone is living in

An environment offering affection and security

Type of

Environment

Derivation

Homy

Homey

Examples

Home is where the heart is

He grew up in a good Christian home

There's no place like home

Place where something began and flourished

Examples

The United States is the home of basketball

Provide with, or send to, a home

Return home accurately from a long distance

Type of

Return

The country or state or city where you live

Type of

Location

Examples

Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home

His home is New Jersey

Used of your own ground

In category

Sport

Athletics

Antonyms

Away

Examples

A home game

Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

Examples

My home town