Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second home

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond home
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondary residence.

noun

A secondary residence.

noun

A secondary residence.

noun

A home of a close relative or friend where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome.

noun

Any place where one spends a great deal of time away from one's primary home, such as an office, a remote town or a foreign country.

Example Sentences

"After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home."

Inflected Forms

second homes (plural)

Phrases

home away from home

Frequently Paired Words

home away from home

Questions

What does second home mean?: A secondary residence.

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