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“Holm” or “Hom” or “Home”

Overview

holm / hom / home are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

holm: NA

hom: NA

home: (noun) where you live at a particular time. (noun) the country or state or city where you live. (noun) place where something began and flourished. (noun) an environment offering affection and security. (noun) an institution where people are cared for. (verb) provide with, or send to, a home. (verb) return home accurately from a long distance. (adjective) used of your own ground. (adjective) relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are. (adjective) inside the country. (adverb) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family. (adverb) on or to the point aimed at. (adverb) to the fullest extent; to the heart.

Pronunciation

holm: hh·OW·m

hom: hh·AA·m

home: hh·OW·m

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Examples in Context

Examples of “holm”

  • was designed by Hans Jørgen Holm.
  • Bilbo is played by Ian Holm, who had played Frodo in
  • Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis.
  • Åhlén and Holm continued to grow over the
  • company was first “Åhlén och Holm” (Åhlén and Holm).
  • Hanya Holm
  • company was co-founded by Jef Holm and Cody Barker.
  • Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, John Noble, Bernard Hill, David
  • |UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
  • the establishment of Åhléns and Holm, the company boasted a worth

Examples of “hom”

  • House of Milan (HOM) was a successful publisher of
  • Dr. Jack Mahoney and David Hom of Pitney Bowes pushed to
  • conversation to mean housemaster or mistress
  • the magazines and films of HOM when it was an active
  • HOM was considered one of the
  • Lyndon Distributors, successor of HOM and reissuer

Examples of “home”

  • the Kennedy case to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Home Office
  • either funded or which received Home Office funding but which reported
  • single game during the 1893 Home Nations Championship.
  • his wife leaves the family home and takes the children with
  • Our Home, Our Place
  • "After the Myths Went Home" (Robert Silverberg)
  • Rakestraw House, a historic home located near Garrett in Keyser
  • radio station licensed to Mountain Home, Arkansas.
  • Technology 1/2 credit, Home Career 1/2 credit, etc.)
  • April 2009 at an actors' home in Copenhagen, aged 94.


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