stay-at-home

== English == === Alternative forms === stay at home === Adjective === stay-at-home (not comparable) (chiefly attributive) Of a parent: not employed and rather devoting more time to one's children. stay-at-home dad (attributive) Of rules or regulations: forbidding the populace to leave their domicile except under emergency or other special circumstances, especially for purposes of quarantine. (attributive) Of or relating to quarantine in the home. Not ever travelling or moving far from home. (ice hockey) Playing very defensively; not leaving the defensive zone early. ==== 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, or else used in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === stay-at-home (plural stay-at-homes) A person or animal that prefers to stay at home rather than socialize or travel. Synonym: homebody A parent who is not employed and rather devoting more time to children. ==== Translations ====