homer

Speech parts

1. homer - Noun

2. homer - Adjective

3. homer - Verb

4. Homer - Proper noun

Meaning

A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

See Hoemother.

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

kor home run jack homing pigeon homerun foursquare simpson success poet sojourner cinch nester hit goal gold
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Antonyms

failure praise uphold loser fatality flatter
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Hypernyms

hit safety score tally base hit rack up

Hyponyms

carrier pigeon solo blast solo homer

Phrases with the word

Homer nods Homer sometimes nods homer's epic poem work by homer homer's language three-run homer

Derivatives

homer

Anagrams

Roehm rehom

Examples

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle

Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory . François-René de Chateaubriand

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer. Ambrose Bierce

Homer sometimes nods. Italian Proverb

Ever homer sometimes nods. Italian Proverb

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roof to shrowd his head. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

homeplanet homeport homepreneur Homer A. Thompson Homer Armstrong Thompson homer man