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- [hohm grohn]
- /hoʊm groʊn/
- /həʊm ɡrəʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hohm grohn]
- /hoʊm groʊn/
Definitions of home-grown word
- adjective home-grown grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes. 1
- adjective home-grown native to, characteristic of, or developed in a particular region: the music of our own homegrown musicians; a community known for its homegrown hospitality; America’s homegrown terrorists. 1
- adjective home-grown Home-grown fruit and vegetables have been grown in your garden, rather than on a farm, or in your country rather than abroad. 0
- adjective home-grown (esp of fruit and vegetables) produced in one's own country, district, estate, or garden 0
- adjective home-grown Having been produced locally. 0
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Origin of home-grown
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; home + grown
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Home-grown
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
home-grown popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for home-grown
adj home-grown
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- intestine — Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
Antonyms for home-grown
adj home-grown
- industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- office — Microsoft Office
- foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
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