bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
homer home run | a base hit on which the batter scores a run |
home game | a game played at home |
home invasion | burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
harvest harvesting harvest home | the gathering of a ripened crop |
home banking | banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer) |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
detention home detention house house of detention detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
dwelling home domicile abode habitation dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |
funeral home funeral parlor funeral parlour funeral chapel funeral church funeralesidence | a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
home nursing home rest home | an institution where people are cared for, a home for the elderly |
home appliance household appliance | an appliance that does a particular job in the home |
home computer | a computer intended for use in the home |
home court | (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games |
home-farm | a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment |
home plate home base home plate | (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 |
home room homeroom | a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business |
home theater home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mobile home manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
public address system P.A. system PA system P.A. PA | an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas |
soap scoop max liquid ecstasy grievous bodily harm goop Georgia home boy easy lay | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate |
stately home | a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family |
vacation home | a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation |
savoir-faire address | social skill |
address | the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball |
home truth | an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) |
home economics home ec domestic science household arts | theory and practice of homemaking |
title title of respect form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
address computer address reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
home page homepage | the opening page of a web site |
home movie | a film made at home by an amateur photographer |
address destination name and address | written directions for finding some location, written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location |
return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
address | a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described |
tonic key home key | the basic key in which a piece of music is written |
address | the manner of speaking to another individual, he failed in his manner of address to the captain |
address speech | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience, he listened to an address on minor Roman poets |
Gettysburg Address | a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November , ) |
inaugural address inaugural | an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) |
keynote speech keynote address | a speech setting forth the keynote |
nominating speech nominating address nomination | an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election, the nomination was brief and to the point |
salutatory address salutatory oration salutatory | an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) |
valediction valedictory address valedictory oration valedictory | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
home stand | a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court |
home fries home-fried potatoes | sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp |
home brew homebrew | an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home |
home folk | folks from your own home town |