stay-at-home

See also: stay at home

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

stay-at-home (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly attributive) Of a parent, not employed, and rather devoting more time to one's children.

Usage notes
  • This adjective is mostly restricted to attributive use; predicative uses such as in “My mother is stay-at-home” do exist, but are quite rare.
  • In particular, this adjective is most commonly found in the expressions stay-at-home mother, father, mom, dad, motherhood, and so on.
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