home front

noun

the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war

• Hypernyms: ↑population

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noun

: a sphere of civilian activity directly or indirectly supporting the armed forces of a nation at war by production and supply of war materiel, civilian defense, and the preservation of public order and morale

in somber contrast to the tinsel prosperity of the home front — Oscar Handlin

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—home-front, adj.

the civilian sector of a nation at war when its armed forces are in combat abroad.

[1915-20]

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home front,

civilian activity in support of the armed forces; home.

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n. the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad

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noun

the home front

: the people who stay in a country and work while that country's soldiers are fighting in a war in a foreign country

During the war we had to keep up morale on the home front. [=keep up morale among the people living and working in our home country]

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ˌhome ˈfront [home front] noun singular

the people who do not go to fight in a war but who stay in a country to work

Idiom: ↑on the home front

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home front

see front n. 5 f.