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▸ noun:  an institution where people are cared for ("A home for the elderly")
▸ noun:  the country or state or city where you live ("Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home")
▸ noun:  where you live at a particular time ("Deliver the package to my home")
▸ noun:  place where something began and flourished ("The United States is the home of basketball")
▸ noun:  an environment offering affection and security ("Home is where the heart is")
▸ noun:  housing that someone is living in ("They raise money to provide homes for the homeless")
▸ noun:  the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
▸ noun:  (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")
▸ noun:  a social unit living together ("The teacher asked how many people made up his home")
▸ verb:  provide with, or send to, a home
▸ verb:  return home accurately from a long distance
▸ adjective:  relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are ("My home town")
▸ adverb:  at or to or in the direction of one's home or family ("He stays home on weekends")
▸ adverb:  to the fullest extent; to the heart ("Drove the nail home")
▸ adverb:  on or to the point aimed at ("The arrow struck home")
▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #56656)

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