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Definition of harvest home in English: harvest homenoun hɑːvɪstˈhəʊm 1The gathering in of the final part of the year's harvest. Example sentencesExamples - There is evidence that in the past, frumenty was eaten at secular feasts, in celebration of harvest home, for instance.
- Indeed, to celebrate harvest home a festive crowdie could be made with cream and sugar.
- The cumbrous wain, bearing the last load, has been seen rocking across the furrowed field and to joyous shouts of "Harvest Home" it has been safely borne to the now overflowing barn or swelling stack-yard.
Synonyms gathering in of the crops, harvesting, harvest time - 1.1 A festival marking the end of the harvest period.
Example sentencesExamples - Despite the bad publicity generated by Thomas Tryons novel, Harvest Home is the pleasantest of holidays. Admittedly, it does involve the concept of sacrifice, but one that is symbolic only.
- We had a really good weekend when we went to the Harvest Home festival at the Totara Estate a little south of Oamaru.
Definition of harvest home in US English: harvest homenounˈhärvəst ˈˌhōm 1The gathering in of the final part of the year's harvest. Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, to celebrate harvest home a festive crowdie could be made with cream and sugar.
- There is evidence that in the past, frumenty was eaten at secular feasts, in celebration of harvest home, for instance.
- The cumbrous wain, bearing the last load, has been seen rocking across the furrowed field and to joyous shouts of "Harvest Home" it has been safely borne to the now overflowing barn or swelling stack-yard.
Synonyms gathering in of the crops, harvesting, harvest time - 1.1 A festival marking the end of the harvest period.
Example sentencesExamples - Despite the bad publicity generated by Thomas Tryons novel, Harvest Home is the pleasantest of holidays. Admittedly, it does involve the concept of sacrifice, but one that is symbolic only.
- We had a really good weekend when we went to the Harvest Home festival at the Totara Estate a little south of Oamaru.
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