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Word entry · 8 letters

homeward

Best crossword clue

"Toward the house"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhoʊmwɚd/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted adehmorwStarts with HEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Moving or directed toward home.

Word origin

From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).

Used in a sentence

  • I am homeward bound.
  • There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.
  • I caught a homeward bus.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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