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home side

home side noun: the team that plays at home (in their own stadium).

Noun

home side (plural home sides)

  1. The team that plays at home (in their own stadium).
    • Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative...2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman
    • But the home side can look back with pride on a performance that boasted good football and a lot of heart.2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    home team

Synonyms of home side

Antonyms

Forms of home side

pluralhome sides

Questions about home side

What does home side mean?
Home side means the team that plays at home (in their own stadium).
What part of speech is home side?
Home side is a noun.
What is the plural of home side?
The plural of home side is home sides.

Words near home side in the dictionary

  1. Home Secretaries
  2. Home Secretary
  3. home set
  4. home sets
  5. home shopping
  6. home side
  7. home sides
  8. home sign
  9. home signal
  10. home signals
  11. home signs

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