holiday home

noun

A second home used for holidays.

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Meanings

nounholiday home (plural holiday homes)

plural holiday homes

  1. A second home used for holidays.

    Located on the northbound platform, the detached, timber-clad waiting room (a period Furness Railway structure) has been adapted into a pet-friendly, self-catering, two-bedroom holiday home complete with sun lounge and garden for those sunny Cumbrian days.

    2025 October 15, Stephen Roberts, “Top 10: Railway retreats: St Bees, Cumbria”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 57

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
vacation home

Translations

Danish sommerhus
  • sommerhussecond home used for holidays
Dutch vakantieappartement, vakantiewoning
  • vakantieappartementsecond home used for holidays
  • vakantiewoningsecond home used for holidays
  • vakantiehuisjesecond home used for holidays
  • vakantiehuissecond home used for holidays
Finnish lomakoti, kesämökki
  • lomakotisecond home used for holidays
  • kesämökkisecond home used for holidays
French maison de vacances
  • maison de vacancessecond home used for holidays
German Ferienwohnung, Ferienhaus
  • Ferienwohnungsecond home used for holidays
  • Ferienhaussecond home used for holidays
Greek εξοχικό
  • εξοχικό (exochikó)second home used for holidays
Hungarian nyaraló, víkendház
  • nyaralósecond home used for holidays
  • víkendházsecond home used for holidays
  • üdülősecond home used for holidays
Italian appartamento per vacanze
  • appartamento per vacanzesecond home used for holidays
Polish dom wakacyjny
  • dom wakacyjnysecond home used for holidays
Portuguese casa de férias
  • casa de fériassecond home used for holidays
Spanish casa de vacaciones, vivienda vacacional
  • casa de vacacionessecond home used for holidays
  • vivienda vacacionalsecond home used for holidays
Tagalog bahay-bakasyunan
  • bahay-bakasyunansecond home used for holidays
Cite this entry
APA

holiday home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20home

MLA

“holiday home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holiday home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holiday%20home.

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