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home away from home

home away from home noun: a place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

Noun

home away from home (plural homes away from home)

  1. (idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.
    • I stayed in a lot of hotels in New York with the Dead and with Jerry's band, but the Navarro, more than any other, became our home away from home.2004, Steve Parish, Joe Layden, Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN
    • Here's how you can create your own home away from home if you travel often: keep some of your favorite things that say home in a bag—like a backpack or travel bag—so you can take it with you.2008, Susie Castillo, Confidence is Queen: The Four Keys to Ultimate Beauty Through Positive Thinking, Penguin, →ISBN

Forms of home away from home

pluralhomes away from home
alternative formhome from home

Questions about home away from home

What does home away from home mean?
Home away from home means a place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.
What part of speech is home away from home?
Home away from home is a noun.
What is the plural of home away from home?
The plural of home away from home is homes away from home.

Words near home away from home in the dictionary

  1. home and hosed
  2. home appliance
  3. home appliances
  4. Home Army
  5. home automation
  6. home away from home
  7. home banking
  8. home base
  9. home bases
  10. home birth
  11. home birthed

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