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“Holm” or “Hom” or “Home”

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.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

holm hh·OW·m

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

hom hh·AA·m

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

home hh·OW·m

  • nounwhere you live at a particular time.
  • nounthe country or state or city where you live.
  • nounplace where something began and flourished.
  • nounan environment offering affection and security.
  • nounan institution where people are cared for.
  • verbprovide with, or send to, a home.
  • verbreturn home accurately from a long distance.
  • adjectiveused of your own ground.
  • adjectiverelating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are.
  • adjectiveinside the country.
  • adverbat or to or in the direction of one's home or family.
  • adverbon or to the point aimed at.
  • adverbto the fullest extent; to the heart.
Usage

Examples in context

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“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…

“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

“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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