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- home ground/ˌhəʊm ˈɡraʊnd/A sports field or stadium that belongs to or is regularly used by a particular team for its matches.nounB2
- home guard/ˌhəʊm ˈɡɑːd/A reserve military force for local defence, typically made up of volunteers ineligible for regular service.nounC2
- home health aide/ˌhəʊm ˈhelθ eɪd/A professional caregiver who provides basic, non-medical personal care and assistance with daily living activities to clients in their own homes.nounB2
- home help/ˌhəʊm ˈhelp/A person, often employed by a social or healthcare service, who visits people in their own homes to assist with domestic tasks, personal care, or daily living.nounB2
- home invasion/ˌhəʊm ɪnˈveɪʒ(ə)n/The criminal act of illegally entering an occupied, private dwelling with the intent to commit a crime, often violence or theft, while the residents are present.nounC1/C2
- home islands/ˌhəʊm ˈaɪləndz/The main islands constituting a country's principal or historic territory, particularly when contrasted with overseas territories, dependencies, or more remote islands of the same nation.plural-nounLow (C2)
- home loan/ˈhəʊm ˌləʊn/A loan from a bank or financial institution specifically for the purchase of a residential property.nounC1
- home mission/ˈhəʊm ˌmɪʃ(ə)n/A religious or charitable effort within one's own country or community.nounLow
- home of the hirsel/ˌhəʊm əv ðə ˈhɜːs(ə)l/A traditional Scottish name for a sheep farm, referring specifically to the farmhouse or dwelling place of the sheepherder.nounVery Low (archaic/regional poetic)
- home office/ˌhəʊm ˈɒfɪs/A room or designated area within a person's home used for work purposes.nounHigh
- home page/ˈhəʊm ˌpeɪdʒ/The main or introductory page of a website.nounB1
- home plate/ˌhəʊm ˈpleɪt/In baseball, the final base that a runner must touch to score a run; a five-sided white rubber slab where the batter stands and the catcher is positioned.nounC1
- home port/ˌhəʊm ˈpɔːt/The port where a ship is registered and from which it typically operates; its permanent base.nounC1
- home range/ˈhəʊm ˌreɪndʒ/The area where an animal normally lives, moves, and forages, not actively defended as a territory.nounLow (primarily used in ecology/biology)
- home row/ˈhəʊm ˌrəʊ/The middle row of keys on a standard typewriter or computer keyboard, containing the base position keys (ASDF and JKL;) for touch typing.nounLow
- home rule/ˌhəʊm ˈruːl/The government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.nounC2
- home ruler/ˌhəʊm ˈruːlə(r)/A person who supports or advocates for home rule (self-government) for a region or country, typically within a larger political union.nounLow/C2
- home run/ˈhəʊm ˌrʌn/In baseball/rounders: a hit that allows the batter to run around all bases to score without error from the fielding side.nounC1
- home scrap/ˈhəʊm ˌskræp/Scrap metal generated within a manufacturing facility from its own operations (e.g., offcuts, defective parts), as opposed to scrap purchased from outside sources.nounC2 / Extremely low-frequency
- home screen/ˌhəʊm ˈskriːn/The primary or default screen displayed by a digital device (computer, smartphone, tablet) after startup or when returning from an application.nounHigh (C1)
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