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second home

second home noun: country house.

Noun

second home (plural second homes)

  1. country house
  2. vacation home
  3. pied-à-terre
  4. A home of a close relative or friend where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome.
    • After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home.1960 March, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 208
  5. Any place where one spends a great deal of time away from one's primary home, such as an office, a remote town or a foreign country.

Forms of second home

pluralsecond homes

Questions about second home

What does second home mean?
Second home means country house.
What part of speech is second home?
Second home is a noun.
What is the plural of second home?
The plural of second home is second homes.

Words near second home in the dictionary

  1. second hand
  2. second hands
  3. Second Happy Time
  4. second helping
  5. second helpings
  6. second home
  7. second homes
  8. second impact syndrome
  9. second impact syndromes
  10. second imperative
  11. second imperatives

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