homes

[ hohm ]

nounplace where a human lives
nounbirthplace, environment

Antonyms for homes

office

Word Origin & History

Old English ham "dwelling, house, estate, village," from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (cf. Old Frisian hem "home, village," Old Norse heimr "residence, world," heima "home," Danish hjem, Middle Dutch heem, German heim "home," Gothic haims "village"), from PIE root *tkei- "to settle, dwell, be home" (cf. Sanskrit kseti "abides, dwells," Armenian shen "inhabited," Greek kome, Lithuanian kaimas "village;" Old Church Slavonic semija "domestic servants").

Home stretch (1841) is originally a reference from horse racing. Home base in baseball attested by 1859 (home plate by 1867; home as the goal in a sport or game is from 1778). Home economics first attested 1899. Slang phrase make (oneself) at home "become comfortable in a place one does not live" dates from 1892. To keep the home fires burning is from a song title from 1914. To be nothing to write home about "unremarkable" is from 1907. Home movie is from 1919; home computer is from 1967.

Example Sentences forhomes

In what section of the city did most of the working girls, who had no homes, live?

The Egyptians treasured in their homes the mummies of their dead.

We planned as soon as night fell to go to our homes; but it was not to be.

We will leave our homes unguarded—our hearts shall be their wall!

Strange as it may seem, these castles were the birthplaces and homes of chivalry.

And now, in thousands of homes we feel that there is nothing else.

They did not leave their homes, in the truest sense,—they brought them with them.

He is selecting those he wants, and the rest he will send to their homes.

On what agonies of creative and original minds is the safety of their homes based?

The articles we publish by women are sent to this office from their own homes.