homes
SayHOHMZ/hoʊmz/UK/həʊmz/
- 1Plural of home. Use this when talking about more than one place where people live.
Many homes in this town have large gardens.
They looked at several homes before choosing one.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of home. Use this form with he, she, or it.
A homing pigeon always homes to the same loft.
The missile homes in on the heat from the engine.
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- 3Alternative spelling of holmes. It is a slang word used to call a friend.
Hey homes, are you coming to the game tonight?
Watch your back out there, homes.
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Showing meanings only.
homes is a form of home
home, noun: The place where you live, especially with your family. Full entry
- Forms
- homehomes plural
- Spelling
- home → homes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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