homeplace
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌpleɪs/
- Literature
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- Jim says, "It's her family's old homeplace, and she'd rather commute than move to the county seat."
- an old homeplace
- the family homeplace
Examples
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He'd go to the old homeplace, as my mother called it, and work in the fields every summer, then bring back fragments of family history as intriguing as the arrowheads and shards of pottery in his pockets.
Fiction book (1996) -
A young family returns to their Mississippi homeplace, where they enjoy simple, time-honored Christmas traditions.
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Came back to the old homeplace until they could get some ground by the side of the road.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thought I'd stop by and see the old homeplace and say hello since we, we never met.
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Here at the homeplace, we have been preparing for winter.
Blog text (33) -
Call me old-fashioned or financially stupid, but we bought our home to live in and raise a family that would have roots and a homeplace.
Blog text (33) -
There are some papers at the courthouse that show the Finch's old homeplace used to stand over on the next block; their property used to run right up to where our back steps are.
Fiction book (1997) -
Coot Hendrick, the great-great-grandson of Mitford's founder, says he will fight for the old homeplace to be designated a historic site.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Fickling family homeplace, surrounded by blossoming Yoshino cherry trees, is one of the most photographed spots in the city.
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Coot Hendrick, the great-great-grandson of Mitford's founder, says he will fight for the old homeplace to be designated a historic site.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where someone lives and feels they belong
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1.0
The place where a person was born or lived for a long time
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3.1
The country where someone is born or where they feel they belong
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4.1
A house with the land around it, usually in the countryside for farming
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1.3
The place where someone was born
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3.6
A country where a person was born and still feels at home
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1.6
The town, city or country where someone is born
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4.4
The land where you are born and grow up
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3.5
The location where someone or something first started to exist
A hometown that someone feels warm about and misses when they are away
The home where a family feels safe and comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homeplace comes from putting together home (the word for 'where you live') and place (a 'spot' or 'piece of land'), so it points to a specific family spot. So a homeplace is the house or family land people come from, often full of memories and family stories.