Definition of homes

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • homes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • homes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • homes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of homes


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

    Examples

    1. he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

    Synonyms

    1. home base
    2. home plate
    3. plate
  • an institution where people are cared for (noun)

    Examples

    1. a home for the elderly

    Synonyms

    1. nursing home
    2. rest home
  • a social unit living together (noun)

    Examples

    1. the teacher asked how many people made up his home

    Synonyms

    1. family
    2. house
    3. household
    4. menage
  • inside the country (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. interior
    2. internal
    3. national
  • where you live at a particular time (noun)

    Examples

    1. deliver the package to my home
    2. he doesn't have a home to go to

    Synonyms

    1. place
  • the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. base
  • housing that someone is living in (noun)

    Examples

    1. they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

    Synonyms

    1. abode
    2. domicile
    3. dwelling
    4. dwelling house
    5. habitation
  • an environment offering affection and security (noun)

    Examples

    1. home is where the heart is
    2. he grew up in a good Christian home
    3. there's no place like home
  • place where something began and flourished (noun)

    Examples

    1. the United States is the home of basketball
  • provide with, or send to, a home (verb)
  • return home accurately from a long distance (verb)
  • the country or state or city where you live (noun)

    Examples

    1. Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
    2. his home is New Jersey
  • used of your own ground (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a home game
  • relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are ()

    Examples

    1. my home town

See definition of homes in Merriam Webster