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housewards

housewards is the alternative form of houseward.

Meaning of houseward

Adverb

houseward (not comparable)

  1. Towards a house.
    • Peter moved reluctantly houseward, and Suzanna ended: "Isn't it fine that today was teachers' meeting so we could have a holiday?"1915, Emily Calvin Blake, Suzanna Stirs the Fire

Origin of housewards

From house + -wards.

Questions about housewards

What is housewards the alternative form of?
Housewards is the alternative form of houseward.

Words near housewards in the dictionary

  1. housetruckers
  2. housetrucks
  3. housewall
  4. housewalls
  5. houseward
  6. housewards
  7. houseware
  8. housewares
  9. housewarm
  10. housewarmed
  11. housewarmer

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