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home-style

home-style

3 3.4
Food made simply the way your family cooks
  • adjective
  • /ˈhoʊmˌstaɪl/
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  • The ElDo is perhaps even more known for owner Barbara Nowak's delicious home-style cooking.
  • home-style salad

Examples

  • 8:30, and America's best-loved singer invites you to share a home-style holiday when it's Bob Goulet's Old Fashioned Cajun Christmas.

  • Enjoy a home-style Thanksgiving with a local family.

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  • Rich, meaty flavour, all simmered in a delicious home- style gravy.

  • Deb's home-style cooking reminds everyone of their grandmother's meals.

  • The restaurant is famous for its home-style dishes that bring back fond memories of family dinners.

  • We enjoyed a delicious home-style breakfast that felt like it was prepared in a cozy kitchen.

Synonyms

homemade
vshome-style
179 1.3

Made at home rather than bought from a store

focuses on simple traditional preparation as if made in a family kitchen
at-home
vshome-style
31 3.7

Made to be used at home rather than in a clinic or office

concerns simple traditional preparation style rather than product suitability
homely
vshome-style
  • UK
7 4.1

Comfortable and simple in a warm, friendly way

applies to simple traditional food style rather than general coziness
home-baked
vshome-style
2 1.3

Baked at home rather than bought in a shop

refers more broadly to simple traditional cooking not only baking
house-made
vshome-style
2 3.8

Made by the restaurant or shop itself instead of bought from outside

emphasizes a simple traditional style rather than the maker's origin
homestyle
vshome-style
3.8

Food or rooms that feel warm and make you comfortable

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen

How Homemade

homemade
179 1.3
home-style
3 3.4
commercial
491 3.4

Surface Forms

home-style positive
home-styled positive

Morphology

home-style = home + style (transparent) = home + style

The adjective denotes something done 'in the style of home' (e.g., home cooking), a straightforward compound meaning.

Etymology

The word home-style comes from the simple parts home and style, meaning 'in the style of home'. So, like homemade, home-style food is made in a simple, traditional way that feels comforting and reminds you of a meal at home.