home stand

noun

: a series of baseball games played at a team's home field

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The Hornets, who opened an historic nine-game home stand, will be right back in action at Spectrum Center. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2025 His childhood home stands on the site of a Union Army encampment; the land had been part of the plantation where George Washington grew up. Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 This five-bedroom home stands on 4.76 private acres in the Bath Nature Preserve, 10 minutes' drive from Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The Week Staff, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024 New York is set to complete a grueling five-game cross-country swing before returning to The Garden for a four-game home stand. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home stand 

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of home stand was in 1965

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“Home stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20stand. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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