Meanings
nounhearth and home pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyTraditional family values and home life.
Much as advertisers do today, some railways tried to sell the idea of returning to the hearth and home for a 'traditional' Christmas.
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 34
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 家園 /家园
- 家園 /家园 (jiāyuán)traditional family values
Danish hjemmets arne
- hjemmets arnetraditional family values
Finnish kotiliesi
- kotiliesitraditional family values
Italian focolare domestico
- focolare domesticotraditional family values
Polish ognisko domowe, ognisko rodzinne
- ognisko domowetraditional family values
- ognisko rodzinnetraditional family values
Russian дома́шний оча́г, семе́йный оча́г
- дома́шний оча́г (domášnij očág)traditional family values
- семе́йный оча́г (seméjnyj očág)traditional family values
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APA
hearth and home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearth%20and%20home
MLA
“hearth and home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearth%20and%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hearth and home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hearth%20and%20home.
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