Home
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- For other uses, see Home (disambiguation).
Definition
Home is place where a person lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable to be. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade, with things and people one loves becoming the focus.
The word "home" is also used for various residential institutions which aspire to create a home-like atmosphere, such as a retirement home, a nursing home, a 'group home' (an orphanage for children or a retirement home for adults), a foster home, etc.
A definition by the American Heritage Dictionary can be found here.
Popular Sayings
- "Home is where you hang your hat."
- "Home follows the family."
- "Home is where the heart is."
- "Love makes a house a home."
- "There's no place like home." (from the song "Home, Sweet Home", by John Howard Payne and later quoted by Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz)
- "You can't go home again." (Thomas Wolfe)
- "An Englishman's home is his castle."
- "Home is where the hurt is."
- "I'm only at home when I'm away."
- "Everybody wants to go home."
- "Give a dog a home."
- "Home Sweet Home."
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