at-home

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adjective

ət-ˈhōm 

ˈat-ˌhōm

1

: intended or suitable for one's home

an at-home dress

2

: being or occurring at one's home

at-home entertainment

3

: not employed outside the home : stay-at-home

an at-home mom

at home

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noun

: a reception given at one's home

at home

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phrase

1

: relaxed and comfortable : at ease

felt completely at home on the stage

2

: in harmony with the surroundings

3

: on familiar ground : knowledgeable

teachers at home in their subject fields

Examples of at-home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

After each screening, coordinators put together literacy kits, a medley of tools and activities for at-home practice. —Makiya Seminera The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026

Soaking the hair in apple cider vinegar is a common at-home remedy that may help reduce irritation with mixed results. —Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026

Noun

And a reflection of his growing popularity, as Celebrini’s record-setting performance at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics – capped by a gold medal game watched by tens of millions of fans — raised his profile here at home and across the NHL. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026

Giving families tools to improve reading at home Before Juri Sleet completed her literacy screening at age 3, her grandmother, Quintina Davis, worried Juri didn’t have enough opportunities for early learning. —CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun

1745, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for at-home

• biome
• genome
• megohm
• nichrome
• noisome
• prodrome
• radome
• rhizome
• shalom
• syndrome
• acrosome
• aerodrome