ˈdɑmɪsaɪl ˈfæm(ɪ)li ˈfæm(ə)li ˈfɛm(ɘ)li ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən (h)əʊm hoʊm (h)əʊm hoʊm ˈhjuːm (h)əʊm hoʊm (h)əʊm hoʊm haʊs ˈhaʊshəʊld ˈhaʊshoʊld ɪnˈtɪɹiɚ ɪnˈtɪəɹiːə ɪnˈtɜː.nəl ɪnˈtɝ.nl̩ ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l ˈnæʃən(ə)l at or to or in the direction of one's home or family He stays home on weekends after the game the children brought friends home for supper I'll be home tomorrow came riding home in style I hope you will come home for Christmas I'll take her home don't forget to write home to the fullest extent; to the heart drove the nail home drove his point home his comments hit home on or to the point aimed at the arrow struck home inside the country the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior the nation's internal politics used of your own ground a home game return home accurately from a long distance homing pigeons provide with, or send to, a home relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are my home town housing that someone is living in he built a modest dwelling near the pond they raise money to provide homes for the homeless an institution where people are cared for a home for the elderly (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score he ruled that the runner failed to touch home a social unit living together he moved his family to Virginia It was a good Christian household I waited until the whole house was asleep the teacher asked how many people made up his home the family refused to accept his will the country or state or city where you live Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home his home is New Jersey the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end where you live at a particular time deliver the package to my home he doesn't have a home to go to your place or mine? place where something began and flourished the United States is the home of basketball an environment offering affection and security home is where the heart is he grew up in a good Christian home there's no place like home