homer

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊmə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Hebrew חומר / חֹמֶר (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”). ==== Alternative forms ==== chomer ==== Noun ==== homer (plural homers) (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+1⁄2 US bushels. (historical units of measure) Synonym of cor: approximately the same volume as a liquid measure. ===== Usage notes ===== In English, sometimes confused with the much smaller omer. ===== Synonyms ===== cor, kor ===== Meronyms ===== (dry measure): cab, kab (1⁄180 homer); omer, issaron (1⁄100 homer); seah (1⁄30 homer); ephah (1⁄10 homer); lethek, lethech (1⁄2 homer) (liquid measure): See cor === Etymology 2 === From home +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== homer (plural homers) (US, baseball) A home run. (US, colloquial) Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”). (US) A homing pigeon. (US, sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. A homing beacon. (UK) homework ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered) (US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run. ===== Synonyms ===== hit out of the park, jack ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== single, double, triple === References === "H2563: chomer" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online === Anagrams === Roehm == Middle English == === Noun === homer (West Midland) alternative form of hamer == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxo.mer/, [ˈho.mer] === Noun === homer m alternative form of hamor ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hamer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.