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home brew

home brew is the alternative form of homebrew.

Meaning of homebrew

Noun

homebrew (countable and uncountable, plural homebrews)

  1. A beer brewed by enthusiasts rather than commercially.
  2. (informal) A game or amateur radio equipment made or modified by an amateur.
  3. (Canada, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.
    • Homebrews, American imports, former big-leaguers—the Terriers had it all.2006, David Menary, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49, page 19

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Forms of home brew

pluralhome brews

Questions about home brew

What is home brew the alternative form of?
Home brew is the alternative form of homebrew.

Words near home brew in the dictionary

  1. home births
  2. home boarder
  3. home boarders
  4. home bodies
  5. home body
  6. home brew
  7. home care
  8. home carer
  9. home carers
  10. home child
  11. home children

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