homegrown

home·grown

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hohm-grohn]
- /ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn/
- /ˌhəʊmˈɡrəʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohm-grohn]
- /ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn/

Definitions of homegrown word

adjective homegrown grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes. 1
adjective homegrown 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
noun homegrown Grown or produced in one's own garden or country. 1
adjective homegrown grown at home 1
adjective homegrown grown locally 1
adjective homegrown native, local 1

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Origin of homegrown

First appearance:

before 1635

One of the 43% oldest English words

First recorded in 1635-45; home + grown

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Parts of speech for Homegrown

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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homegrown 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.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for homegrown

adj homegrown

domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
homemade — made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.

All 3 Synonyms of homegrown