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home ground — home grounds 1) N VAR A sports team s home ground is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams. [BRIT] They are banned from playing on their home ground because of crowd trouble... Austria, playing on home ground in Vienna, took… … English dictionary
home ground — noun 1. ) uncount a familiar place: It was nice to be back on home ground after all that traveling. 2. ) count MAINLY BRITISH the field a sports team usually plays and practices on … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
home ground — UK / US noun Word forms home ground : singular home ground plural home grounds 1) [countable] the field a sports team usually plays and practises on Spurs rewarded their fans with a 3–1 win on their home ground. 2) [uncountable] a familiar place… … English dictionary
home ground — /hoʊm ˈgraʊnd/ (say hohm grownd) noun 1. the ground owned by a team or assigned to be the ground on which they are the home team. See home (def. 14). –phrase 2. on home ground, on familiar territory or subject matter. –home ground, adjective …
home-ground advantage — /ˌhoʊm graʊnd ədˈvæntədʒ/ (say .hohm grownd uhd vantuhj) noun the advantage a team derives from playing on its home ground, as from familiarity with the field, extra support from the fans, etc …
home ground — noun the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs a marine habitat he felt safe on his home grounds • Syn: ↑habitat • Hypernyms: ↑environment, ↑environs, ↑surroundings, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
home — [adj] domestic at ease, at rest, central, down home*, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, inland, in one’s element*, internal, in the bosom*, local, national, native; concept 536 Ant. business, commercial home [n1] place where a human… … New thesaurus
Home Farm — may refer to: * In England, a farm conveniently near a landed gentry s mansion for the mansion s household to get supplies such as eggs and milk, and feed for their riding and carriage horses. * Home Farm F.C., an Irish football club * Home Farm … Wikipedia
home field — home fields N COUNT A sports team s home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams. [AM] (in BRIT, use home ground) … English dictionary
ground — 1 /graUnd/ noun EARTH SURFACE 1 (U) the surface of the earth: The leaf slowly fluttered to the ground. | The air raids were followed by military action on the ground. | below/above ground: miners working 10 hour shifts below ground compare floor… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
