home movie
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2.8
- noun
- /hoʊm ˈmuːvi/
:
vídeo casero
- Grandma's old home movies.
- watch home movies
- make home movies
- shoot home movies
Examples
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In one of the home movies of his later years, my father did something private for himself.
Fiction book (1994) -
I have home movies of him on Lake Livingston, if you want to see.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then when you were watching the home movie of you, what did you think and feel and remember?
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We used to watch home movies on it.
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Hey, you wanna see a home movie of us?
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I saw your home movie.
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I took out the old home movies and I thought we would watch it together.
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And last year my mom put like all of our old home movies on to DVDs for me.
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Today I will be sharing private home movies that I've never shared with anyone.
Blog text (25) -
When I was a kid, our family would sit together to watch our old home movies on weekends.
Synonyms
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1.0
A story told with moving pictures on a screen
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'home' specifies the place/origin and 'movie' is a film, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer 'a film made at home or for private use.' This noun–noun modifier pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, making the meaning immediately recoverable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Home movie may come from the simple image of someone at their home using a small camera to make a short movie of family events like birthdays and holidays. Because these films were made for family viewing and not for the public, the phrase now means a film made by people who are not professionals, 'at home' and for 'private' use.