HOME GROUND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

Example:

he felt safe on his home grounds

Synonyms:

habitat; home ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("home ground" is a kind of...):

environment; environs; surround; surroundings (the area in which something exists or lives)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home ground"):

habitation (the native habitat or home of an animal or plant)