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at-home

[ at-hohm ]

/ ætˈhoʊm /

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noun

Also at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.

adjective

done or used in the home; intended for one's home: a new line of at-home computers; at-home assignments for free-lance workers.

Origin of at-home

First recorded in 1740–45

Words nearby at-home

at work, at worst, at wt, at-, at-desk, at-home, at., at. m, at. no., at. vol., at. wt.

Example sentences from the Web for at-home

The at-home genetics testing company 23andme, established in 2006, helps people learn more about their “DNA relatives.”

Nothing Says I Love You Like Data |The Daily Beast |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At-home caretakers are eligible for Medicaid waivers, which allow benefits regardless of income.

Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years |Elizabeth Picciuto |December 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What applied to Midwesterners then applies to at-home mothers now.

Politics 101: Don't Attack Motherhood |David Frum |April 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Plus, at-home chefs will save time, effort, and the ever-valuable clean pot.

What to Eat: One-Pot Meals for a Busy Holiday Season |Cookstr.com |December 15, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

Create a public jobs program that funnels the unemployed to fast growing areas such as at-home health care and child care.

How I'd Create Jobs |The Daily Beast |December 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
After he had eaten all he very well could, he hid the rest back of the curtain in quite an at-home way.

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 |Frances M.A. Roe
That weekly ceremony—well known to Trimmer's Green—Mrs. Lovegrove's afternoon at-home, was in progress.

The Far Horizon |Lucas Malet
In society, the formal garden party holds the place of an at-home held out of doors.

Book of Etiquette |Lillian Eichler
The company used this episode with Nekhludoff as a convenient topic of conversation for the rest of the "at-home."

Resurrection |Leo Tolstoy
Anna Ignatievna was in raptures; her "at-home" had turned out a brilliant success.

Resurrection |Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for at-home

at-home

noun

another name for open day

a social gathering in a person's home