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homes

UK/həʊmz//hoʊmz/

homes is the plural of home.

homes is the alternative spelling of holmes.

homes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of home.

Meaning of home

Noun

home (plural homes)

  1. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.
    • And the diſciples went awaye agayne vnto their awne home.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John xx:[10], folio clj, recto
  2. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; a childhood or parental home; the home of one’s parents or guardian.
    • The rights listed in the UNCRC cover all areas of children's lives such as their right to have a home and their right to be educated.2004, Jean Harrison, Home
  3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
    • He enter’d in the house—his home no more, / For without hearts there is no home;[…]1821, George Gordon Byron, Don Juan, canto III
  4. A house that has been made homelike, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
    • It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home
  5. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.
    • a home for outcasts
  6. (broadly) The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
    • […] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: […]1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Ecclesiastes 12:5

See all 33 meanings of home

Meaning of holmes

Noun

holmes (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, slang) An informal term of address, like man or dude.
    • Hey, holmes! What's up?

See all 15 meanings of holmes

Noun capitalized: Homes

Homes

  1. (plural) plural of Home

Phrases with homes

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Words that rhyme with homes

Questions about homes

What is homes the plural of?
Homes is the plural of home.
What part of speech is homes?
Homes is a noun.
How do you pronounce homes?
Homes is pronounced /həʊmz/ (UK).

Words near homes in the dictionary

  1. Homersfield
  2. Homerton
  3. homerun
  4. homeruns
  5. Homerville
  6. homes
  7. homes away from home
  8. homes in
  9. homesat
  10. homescape
  11. homescapes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: homes (page history and authors); Homes (page history and authors); home (page history and authors); holmes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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