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domestic
Made or produced in the home country; native
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  1. Made or produced in the home country; native
  2. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs:
  3. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country:
house
A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
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  1. A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
  2. The building or part of a building occupied by one family or tenant; dwelling place
  3. Something regarded as a house; place that provides shelter, living space, etc.
habitation
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
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  1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  2. A residence.
  3. A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
chalet
A herdsman's hut or cabin in the Swiss Alps
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  1. A herdsman's hut or cabin in the Swiss Alps
  2. A cottage or lodge built in this style.
  3. A type of Swiss house, built of wood with balconies and overhanging eaves
hometown
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
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  1. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
  2. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence.
  3. The town, city, etc. where a person was born or grew up or where one currently lives
homely
Not attractive or good-looking:
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  1. Not attractive or good-looking:
  2. Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain:
  3. Characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday
familiar
Of established friendship; intimate:
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  1. Of established friendship; intimate:
  2. Often encountered or seen:
  3. Having fair knowledge; acquainted:
homey
Having qualities usually associated with home; comfortable, familiar, cozy, etc.
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  1. Having qualities usually associated with home; comfortable, familiar, cozy, etc.
down-home
Alternative form of down-home.
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  1. Alternative form of down-home.
  2. Having characteristics associated with rural people; simple, warm, direct, etc.
  3. (Chiefly US) Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.
in-one-s-element
(Idiomatic) In a situation which is entirely suitable, familiar, or enjoyable.
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  1. (Idiomatic) In a situation which is entirely suitable, familiar, or enjoyable.
back
Being owed or due from an earlier time; in arrears:
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  1. Being owed or due from an earlier time; in arrears:
  2. (Linguistics) Pronounced with the back of the tongue, as oo in cool. Used of vowels.
  3. At the rear or back; behind
dwelling
A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
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  1. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
  2. A place to live in; residence; house; abode
residence
The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
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  1. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
  2. The fact or status of living or staying in a place while working, going to school, carrying out official duties, etc., esp. long enough to qualify for certain rights, privileges, etc.
  3. The place in which a person or thing resides; dwelling place; abode; esp., a house
habitat
The region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; native environment
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  1. The region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; native environment
  2. The area or natural environment in which an organism or population normally lives. A habitat is made up of physical factors such as soil, moisture, range of temperature, and availability of light as well as biotic factors such as the availability of food and the presence of predators. A habitat is not necessarily a geographic area—for a parasitic organism it is the body of its host or even a cell within the host's body.
  3. The place where a person lives or is most likely to be found:
tenement
A building used as a residence. See also tenement house.
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  1. A building used as a residence. See also tenement house.
  2. Any building, structure, or house attached to the land.
  3. (Old Poet.) A dwelling place; abode
abode
(Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
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  1. (Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, The Celebrity:
  3. A dwelling place; a home.
lodging
A place to live:
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  1. A place to live:
  2. Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.
  3. A place to live in, esp. temporarily; quarters
quarters
A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
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  1. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  2. (Plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
  3. Plural form of quarter
homestead
A tract of public land (160 acres by the Homestead Act of 1862) granted by the U.S. government to a settler to be developed as a farm
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  1. A tract of public land (160 acres by the Homestead Act of 1862) granted by the U.S. government to a settler to be developed as a farm
  2. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
  3. A place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings
hospice
A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
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  1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
  2. Such care, often when provided in a patient's home, a nursing home, etc.
  3. A place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks
hostel
An inn; hostelry; specif., youth hostel
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  1. An inn; hostelry; specif., youth hostel
  2. An inn; a hotel.
  3. A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
domicile
One's legal residence.
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  1. One's legal residence.
  2. (Law) One's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently
  3. A customary dwelling place; home; residence
dormitory
A room providing sleeping quarters for a number of persons.
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  1. A room providing sleeping quarters for a number of persons.
  2. A community whose inhabitants commute to a nearby city for employment and recreation.
  3. A room, building, or part of a building with sleeping accommodations for a number of people
seat
A place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket
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  1. A place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket
  2. The place where something is located or based:
  3. A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate:
berth
A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
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  1. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  2. A job or position, especially on a ship.
  3. A position, place, office, job, etc.
apartment
(Chiefly British) A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.
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  1. (Chiefly British) A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.
  2. A room or suite of rooms to live in; esp., one suite in an apartment house
  3. An apartment house
condominium
An individual residential or commercial unit in a multi-unit building wherein each unit’s owner also owns the common areas, such as the hallways and elevators, as a tenant in common with the other units’ owners. See also cooperative. An individual residential or commercial unit in a multi-unit building wherein each unit’s owner also owns the common areas, such as the hallways and elevators, as a tenant in common with the other units’ owners. See also cooperative.
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  1. An individual residential or commercial unit in a multi-unit building wherein each unit’s owner also owns the common areas, such as the hallways and elevators, as a tenant in common with the other units’ owners. See also cooperative. An individual residential or commercial unit in a multi-unit building wherein each unit’s owner also owns the common areas, such as the hallways and elevators, as a tenant in common with the other units’ owners. See also cooperative.
  2. Such a unit, or such a building or complex
  3. A form of real property ownership in which the purchaser of each unit of an apartment building or in a complex of multiunit dwellings acquires full title to the unit and an undivided interest in the common elements (the land, roof, elevator, etc.)
flat
(Music) A note or tone one half step below another
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  1. (Music) A note or tone one half step below another
  2. (Archaic) A story in a house.
  3. A flat surface or part
palace
A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
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  1. A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
  2. Any large, magnificent house or building
  3. A large, ornate place of entertainment
shelter
Any of various places for providing food and lodging on a temporary or emergency basis, as one for the homeless or one for stray pets
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  1. Any of various places for providing food and lodging on a temporary or emergency basis, as one for the homeless or one for stray pets
  2. The state of being covered or protected:
  3. Something that covers or protects; protection, or place affording protection, as from the elements or danger
asylum
A place where one is safe and secure; refuge
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  1. A place where one is safe and secure; refuge
  2. A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance. A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance.
  3. Protection or shelter; refuge:
hut
A temporary structure for sheltering troops.
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  1. A temporary structure for sheltering troops.
  2. A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
  3. A little house or cabin of the plainest or crudest kind
haunt
(Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.
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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.
  2. A place often visited
  3. A lair or feeding place of animals
resort
(Obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
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  1. (Obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
  2. A place to which people go often or generally, esp. one for rest or recreation, as on a vacation
  3. A customary or frequent going or gathering:
cabin
(Nautical) A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
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  1. (Nautical) A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
  2. A private room on a ship, as a bedroom or office
  3. A small, one-story house built simply or crudely, as of logs
bungalow
In India, a low, one-storied house, usually with a wide, sweeping porch
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  1. In India, a low, one-storied house, usually with a wide, sweeping porch
  2. A small house or cottage usually having a single story
cottage
A small, usually one-storied house, often one that is the dwelling of a peasant or a farm laborer
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  1. A small, usually one-storied house, often one that is the dwelling of a peasant or a farm laborer
  2. A small, single-storied house, especially in the country.
  3. A house at a resort or in the country, used for vacations or as a summer home
mansion
(Brit.) An apartment house
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  1. (Brit.) An apartment house
  2. (Archaic) A dwelling place
  3. A separate dwelling place or lodging in a large house or structure
castle
A fortified stronghold converted to residential use.
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  1. A fortified stronghold converted to residential use.
  2. A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, usually dominating the surrounding country.
  3. A safe, secure place; refuge
rooming-house
A house where lodgers may rent rooms.
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  1. A house where lodgers may rent rooms.
  2. A house with furnished rooms for rent
place
The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
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  1. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
  2. Room or space, especially adequate space:
  3. A dwelling; a house:
address
A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.
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  1. A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.
  2. The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached:
  3. The place to which mail, etc. can be sent to someone; place where someone lives or works
diggings
An excavation site, as for digging or mining ore, metals, or precious stones.
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  1. An excavation site, as for digging or mining ore, metals, or precious stones.
  2. One's lodging or quarters
  3. (Slang) Place, or locality
shanty
A sailor"²s work song.
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  1. A sailor"²s work song.
  2. A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
  3. A roughly built, often ramshackle cabin; a shack.
wigwam
A traditional dwelling of Indian peoples of E North America, consisting typically of a dome-shaped framework of poles covered with rush mats or sheets of bark
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  1. A traditional dwelling of Indian peoples of E North America, consisting typically of a dome-shaped framework of poles covered with rush mats or sheets of bark
  2. A Native American dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats.
  3. (Possibly dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
igloo
A dome-shaped structure or building.
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  1. A dome-shaped structure or building.
  2. Any dome-shaped building, esp. one used for storage
  3. An Eskimo house or hut, usually dome-shaped and built of blocks of packed snow
hovel
Any small, miserable dwelling; hut
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  1. Any small, miserable dwelling; hut
  2. A low, open shed as for sheltering animals or storing supplies or equipment
cave
A storage cellar, especially for wine.
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  1. A storage cellar, especially for wine.
  2. A naturally occurring underground hollow or passage, especially one with an opening to the surface of the Earth. Caves can form through a variety of processes, including the dissolution of limestone by flowing water, the differential cooling of volcanic magma (which occurs when the outside surface of the lava cools, but the inside continues to flow downwards, forming a hollow tube), or the action of wind and waves along a rocky coast.
  3. A hollow place inside the earth, usually an opening, as in a hillside, extending back horizontally; cavern
lodge
A small house, esp. one for a servant or one for use during a special season
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  1. A small house, esp. one for a servant or one for use during a special season
  2. A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper.
  3. The meeting place of a local chapter, as of a fraternal organization
villa
The often large, luxurious country house of a well-to-do person.
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  1. The often large, luxurious country house of a well-to-do person.
  2. (Brit.) A small suburban house
  3. A country estate with a substantial house.
hotel
A commercial establishment providing lodging and, usually, meals and other services for the public, esp. travelers
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  1. A commercial establishment providing lodging and, usually, meals and other services for the public, esp. travelers
  2. In France, the mansion of a person of wealth or rank
  3. An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.
inn
A river of eastern Switzerland, western Austria, and southeast Germany flowing about 515 km (320 mi) northeastward to the Danube River. Its lower course forms part of the German-Austrian border.
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  1. A river of eastern Switzerland, western Austria, and southeast Germany flowing about 515 km (320 mi) northeastward to the Danube River. Its lower course forms part of the German-Austrian border.
  2. An establishment or building providing lodging and, usually, food and drink for travelers; hotel or motel, esp. one in the country or along a highway
  3. A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.
manor
The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
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  1. The district over which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
  2. More recently, a landed estate, usually with a main residence, the owner of which still holds some feudal rights over the land
  3. The main house on an estate; a mansion.
tepee
A similarly shaped Indian dwelling of other materials, such as canvas
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  1. A similarly shaped Indian dwelling of other materials, such as canvas
  2. A portable dwelling of certain Native American peoples, especially on the Great Plains, consisting of a conical framework of poles covered with skins or bark.
  3. Alternative form of teepee.
farmhouse
A dwelling on a farm.
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  1. A dwelling on a farm.
  2. The farmer's residence.
  3. A house on a farm; esp., the main dwelling house on a farm
tavern
An inn for travelers.
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  1. An inn for travelers.
  2. A place where liquors, beer, etc. are sold to be drunk on the premises; saloon; bar
resthouse
A house where travellers can stay; a guesthouse.
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  1. A house where travellers can stay; a guesthouse.
barrack
A large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc.
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  1. A large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc.
  2. A building or group of buildings for housing soldiers
  3. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.
tent
A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.
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  1. A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.
  2. A portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes
  3. A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes.
pad
(--- Sports) A piece of equipment consisting of shaped cushioning material often attached to a hard outer surface and worn to protect against blows, collisions, or shots.
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  1. (--- Sports) A piece of equipment consisting of shaped cushioning material often attached to a hard outer surface and worn to protect against blows, collisions, or shots.
  2. The apartment, house, etc. where one lives
  3. Anything made of or stuffed with soft material to fill out a shape, protect against friction, pressure, jarring, or blows, etc.; cushion
hide-out
Alternative spelling of hideout.
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  1. Alternative spelling of hideout.
  2. A place to hide
  3. (Informal) A hiding place, as for gangsters
dump
(Computers) An instance or the result of dumping stored data.
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  1. (Computers) An instance or the result of dumping stored data.
  2. (Vulgar Slang) An act of defecating. Often used with take.
  3. (Slang) A poorly maintained or disreputable place.
headquarters
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
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  1. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
  2. The main office, or center of operations and control, of anyone in command, as in an army or police force
  3. A place of concentrated activity or influence.
digs
(Plural only, colloquial) Lodgings. From diggings.
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  1. (Plural only, colloquial) Lodgings. From diggings.
  2. Plural form of dig
nest
A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony.
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  1. A structure or complex built by ants, termites, or other social animals to house a colony.
  2. The people who frequent such a place
  3. A cozy or snug place in which to live or rest; retreat
condo
(Short for) condominium
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  1. (Short for) condominium
  2. (Law) Abbreviation of condominium.
homestead
A place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings
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  1. A place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings
  2. (Law) Property qualifying as a person's home under certain laws, such as laws providing tax abatements and exemptions, survivorship rights for spouse and children, and immunity from claims of creditors.
  3. A tract of public land (160 acres by the Homestead Act of 1862) granted by the U.S. government to a settler to be developed as a farm
hearth
The floor of a furnace on which the ore or metal rests for exposure to the flame
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  1. The floor of a furnace on which the ore or metal rests for exposure to the flame
  2. The stone or brick floor of a fireplace, often extending out into the room
  3. Family life; the home.
fireside
The area immediately surrounding a fireplace or hearth.
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  1. The area immediately surrounding a fireplace or hearth.
  2. The part of a room near a fireplace or hearth
  3. The home or domestic life
birthplace
The location where a person was born.
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  1. The location where a person was born.
  2. The place where someone is born or where something originates.
  3. (By extension) The location where something was created or devised.
haven
A harbor or anchorage; a port.
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  1. A harbor or anchorage; a port.
  2. A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary.
rest
The condition of being settled or resolved:
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  1. The condition of being settled or resolved:
  2. A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:
  3. The repose of death:
roof
The top covering of something:
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  1. The top covering of something:
  2. The outside top covering of a building
  3. Figuratively, a house or home
neck of the woods
A region; a neighborhood.
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  1. A region; a neighborhood.
  2. (Idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region.
  3. (Idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.
home-sweet-home
(Idiomatic) One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.
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  1. (Idiomatic) One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.
orphanage
A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
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  1. A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
  2. An institution that is a home for orphans
  3. A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
rest-home
A private establishment where elderly or disabled persons are housed and cared for.
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  1. A private establishment where elderly or disabled persons are housed and cared for.
  2. A residence equipped and staffed to provide general care, as for aged persons or convalescents
  3. A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
soldiers' home
A government-funded institution for the care of military veterans.
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  1. A government-funded institution for the care of military veterans.
shelter
Something that covers or protects; protection, or place affording protection, as from the elements or danger
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  1. Something that covers or protects; protection, or place affording protection, as from the elements or danger
  2. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
  3. The state of being covered or protected:
sanatorium
(Chiefly Brit.) sanitarium
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  1. (Chiefly Brit.) sanitarium
  2. An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases or for medically supervised recuperation.
  3. A resort for improvement or maintenance of health, especially for convalescents.
insane-asylum
A facility designed where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
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  1. A facility designed where persons with serious mental disorders are housed.
mental-hospital
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
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  1. A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.
  2. A psychiatric hospital.
poorhouse
A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
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  1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
  2. A workhouse
  3. (Historical) A house or institution for paupers, supported from public funds
poor farm
A farm that houses, supports, and employs the poor at public expense.
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  1. A farm that houses, supports, and employs the poor at public expense.
  2. (Historical) A farm for paupers, supported by a county or other local government
almshouse
A poorhouse.
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  1. A poorhouse.
  2. (Archaic) A home for people too poor to support themselves; poorhouse
  3. (Chiefly British) A home for the poor that is maintained by private charity.
booby-hatch
A covering over a small hatchway on a ship
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  1. A covering over a small hatchway on a ship
  2. (Slang) An institution for hospitalizing the mentally ill
home-plate
A base, usually consisting of a hard rubber slab, at one of the corners of a diamond at which a batter stands when hitting and which a base runner must finally touch in order to score.
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  1. A base, usually consisting of a hard rubber slab, at one of the corners of a diamond at which a batter stands when hitting and which a base runner must finally touch in order to score.
batter-s-box
(Baseball) One of two areas beside home plate in which a batter is required to stand during an at bat.
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  1. (Baseball) One of two areas beside home plate in which a batter is required to stand during an at bat.
abode
(Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
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  1. (Formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, The Celebrity:
  3. A dwelling place; a home.
domicile
One's legal residence.
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  1. One's legal residence.
  2. (Law) One's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently
  3. A customary dwelling place; home; residence
dwelling
A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
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  1. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
  2. A place to live in; residence; house; abode
habitation
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
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  1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  2. A residence.
  3. A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
house
A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
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  1. A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something:
  2. The building or part of a building occupied by one family or tenant; dwelling place
  3. A place of business
lodging
A place to live:
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  1. A place to live:
  2. Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.
  3. A place to live in, esp. temporarily; quarters
place
The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
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  1. The specified stage in a list of points to be made, as in an argument:
  2. Room or space, especially adequate space:
  3. A dwelling; a house:
residence
The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
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  1. The place in which one lives; a dwelling.
  2. The fact or status of living or staying in a place while working, going to school, carrying out official duties, etc., esp. long enough to qualify for certain rights, privileges, etc.
  3. The place in which a person or thing resides; dwelling place; abode; esp., a house
habitat
A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.
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  1. A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory.
  2. The region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives; native environment
  3. An artificial environment created for an animal to live in:
haunt
(Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.
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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) A ghost or other supernatural being.
  2. A place often visited
  3. A place much frequented.
stamping ground
(Informal) A regular or favorite gathering place, resort, or haunt
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  1. (Informal) A regular or favorite gathering place, resort, or haunt
asylum
A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance. A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance.
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  1. A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance. A place of refuge, sanctuary, or shelter, especially an institution for the maintenance and care of people requiring special assistance.
  2. Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.
  3. A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.
hospice
A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
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  1. A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
  2. A homelike facility to provide supportive care for terminally ill patients
  3. Such care, often when provided in a patient's home, a nursing home, etc.
hospital
An institution providing medical, surgical, or psychiatric testing and treatment for people who are ill, injured, pregnant, etc. on an inpatient, outpatient, or emergency care basis: often involved with public health programs, research, medical education, etc.
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  1. An institution providing medical, surgical, or psychiatric testing and treatment for people who are ill, injured, pregnant, etc. on an inpatient, outpatient, or emergency care basis: often involved with public health programs, research, medical education, etc.
  2. A charitable institution for providing and caring for the aged, infirm, orphaned, etc.
  3. A repair shop for specified items:
shelter
Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
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  1. Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather:
  2. The state of being covered or protected:
  3. The state of being covered or protected; protection; refuge
domestic
Made or produced in the home country; native
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  1. Made or produced in the home country; native
  2. Enjoying and attentive to the home and family life
  3. Of or relating to the family or household:
familial
Occurring or tending to occur among members of a family, usually by heredity:
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  1. Occurring or tending to occur among members of a family, usually by heredity:
  2. Of or relating to a family.
family
A group of organisms ranking above a genus and below an order. The names of families end in –ae, a plural ending in Latin. In the animal kingdom, family names end in –idae, as in Canidae (dogs and their kin), while those in the plant kingdom usually end in –aceae, as in Rosaceae (roses and their kin).
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  1. A group of organisms ranking above a genus and below an order. The names of families end in –ae, a plural ending in Latin. In the animal kingdom, family names end in –idae, as in Canidae (dogs and their kin), while those in the plant kingdom usually end in –aceae, as in Rosaceae (roses and their kin).
  2. Characteristic of or suitable for a family, esp. one regarded as traditional or typical; wholesome, middle-class, etc.
  3. Being suitable for a family:
homely
Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain:
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  1. Of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain:
  2. Not attractive or good-looking:
  3. Characteristic of or suitable for home or home life; simple and unpretentious or plain and everyday
household
Of a household or home; domestic
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  1. Of a household or home; domestic
  2. Commonly known; familiar:
  3. Of, relating to, or used in a household:
domestic
Made or produced in the home country; native
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  1. Made or produced in the home country; native
  2. Pertaining to the internal affairs or products of a country; relating to matters of the family. Pertaining to the internal affairs or products of a country; relating to matters of the family.
  3. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs:
internal
Of or relating to the domestic affairs of a nation, group, or business.
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  1. Of or relating to the domestic affairs of a nation, group, or business.
  2. Having to do with the domestic affairs of a country
  3. Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic:
national
Devoted to one's own nation or its interests; patriotic.
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  1. Devoted to one's own nation or its interests; patriotic.
  2. Established, maintained, or owned by the federal government
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nation:
native
(Short for) Native American
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  1. (Short for) Native American
  2. Natural, unaltered, or unadorned:
  3. Being such by birth or origin:
Find another word for home. In this page you can discover 158 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for home, like: in one's home, in one's house, domestic, before one's own fireside, house, habitation, chalet, hometown, at-ease, in the family and at-rest.

Sentence Examples

  • Daddy went home to sleep.

  • Now go home and get some rest.

  • "It's good to be home," he whispered, "with the people who mean the most to me."

  • His home was in the country not far from a great forest.

  • Alex had provided the money to remodel the home, but insisted that it stay in her name only.

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