What are the various meanings of the word "Home"? I've recently noticed this word in a lot of song lyrics.

Question

I'm seriously starting to think that "Home", has some sort of spiritual significance.

Answer 1

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

home

PRONUNCIATION: hm
NOUN: 1. A place where one lives; a residence. 2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment. 3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household. 4a. An environment offering security and happiness. b. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin. 5. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period. 6. The native habitat, as of a plant or animal. 7. The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source. 8. A headquarters; a home base. 9a. Baseball Home plate. b. Games Home base. 10. An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly. 11. Computer Science a. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen. b. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.
ADJECTIVE: 1a. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings. b. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly. 2. Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office. 3. Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage. 4. Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;.
ADVERB: 1. At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch. 2. On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home. 3. To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.
VERB: Inflected forms: homed, hom·ing, homes
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations. 2. To be guided to a target automatically, as by means of radio waves. 3. To move or lead toward a goal: The investigators were homing in on the truth.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically.
IDIOMS: at home 1. Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays. 2. Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles. 3. Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French. home free Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old English hm. See tkei- in Appendix I.

Answer 2

Ahhhhhhh, Dorthy travelled The Yellow Brick Road only to find she had been dreaming, are we so different? With truth all around, still we slumber. Forgetting past and future, now throw the present away, where are we? ~ : )

Answer 3

Home is where the heart is for whatever reason that came to me. But yeah it could be spiritual..

Answer 4

Home is where your heart is. Home is where you feel safe and loved. Home is the one place where you can truly be yourself.

Answer 5

Home is where we all come from ( I also call it the other side)