The English language has many words and expressions with house or home. How many? Well, the Macmillan Essential Dictionary lists more than 45 words. And when we typed the word home into Google, we found more than 18 million entries! For example, our hometown is where we are from, and when we are away from home a long time, we often feel homesick Students do homework for school, but homemakers do housework—cleaning and cooking, and also watering the houseplants.