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Definition of Home ground
1. Noun. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs. "He felt safe on his home grounds"
Generic synonyms: Environment, Environs, Surround, Surroundings
Specialized synonyms: Habitation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Home Ground
Literary usage of Home ground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1901)
"Then have the x wire grounded at the distant office and measure the resistance
between the home ground plate and the home end of the x wire, ..."
2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1899)
"If your home ground is very rich and moist, and there are cottonwoods near by,
the chances of success with it are quite good. The Coffee-tree (Gymnocladus ..."
3. A Treatise on Telegraphy by International Correspondence Schools (1901)
"Similarly, have the distant end of the y wire grounded, and measure the resistance
between the home ground plate and the home end of the y wire, ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1859)
"... the lane leading thence to English-batch. The vallum was some 4 feet high,
and the ditch was to the westward. On leaving the hither home ground the ..."
5. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"Thereupon they leave their home ground, which has a determined boundary, ...
The players try to get safely back to their home ground, the farmer chasing ..."
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