"home ground" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: home grounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} home ground (countable and uncountable, plural home grounds)
  1. (sports) a sports team's own ground, which is used for their home games. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: home turf Translations (team's own ground): ホームグラウンド (hōmuguraundo) (Japanese), hjemmebane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimebane [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-home_ground-en-noun-K6ItSEcU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of "team's own ground": 98 2
  2. (uncountable, figurative) an area or place where one feels familiar or at home. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Translations (where one feels familiar): hazai pálya (Hungarian), ホームグラウンド (hōmuguraundo) (Japanese), hjemmebane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heimebane [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-home_ground-en-noun-Wgd-OStQ Disambiguation of 'where one feels familiar': 5 95

Inflected forms

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