stay-at-home

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a parent: not employed and rather devoting more time to one's children.
  2. Of rules or regulations: forbidding the populace to leave their domicile except under emergency or other special circumstances, especially for purposes of quarantine.
  3. Of or relating to quarantine in the home.
  4. Not ever travelling or moving far from home.
  5. Playing very defensively; not leaving the defensive zone early.
noun
  1. A person or animal that prefers to stay at home rather than socialize or travel.
  2. A parent who is not employed and rather devoting more time to children.

Word forms

stay-at-home stay at home stay-at-homes

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