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second homes

second homes is the plural of second home.

Meaning of second home

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.

Questions about second homes

What is second homes the plural of?
Second homes is the plural of second home.

Words near second homes in the dictionary

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

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