homestyle

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adjective

Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.

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Meanings

adjectivehomestyle (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.

    Dish out lots of homecooked foods like pot roast, meat loaf, Maine beans and franks, homestyle fries, fish chowder and fresh-baked breads[…]

    1994, Vermont Life, volumes 49-50, page 7
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    LUNETTA The Manhattan outpost of the Smith Street, Brooklyn, restaurant, opened Monday in the former Mayrose space, with homestyle Italian cooking by Adam Shepard, who is also a partner: 920 Broadway (21st Street), (212) 533-3663.

    2007 October 31, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times

Origin

From home + style.

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APA

homestyle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestyle

MLA

“homestyle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestyle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homestyle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homestyle.

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