-ome

British  

combining form

1. denoting a mass or part of a specified kind

   rhizome

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Etymology

Origin of -ome

variant of _-oma

Example Sentences

“It’s time you ’ightailed it for ’ome.”

From Literature

“It’s much nicer to fight with these guys than not. As WP says all the time these are ome of the vbest drivers in the wrold and it’s so close, it’s insane how small the gap is. We put three solid runs together. It would be nice to be on the front row but we one step there and that’s all it takes.”

From Seattle Times

“One of our gard’ners was a-comin’ ’ome about that time from a ’armony, when he sees a big grey dog comin’ out through the garding ’edges.

From Literature

At least, so he says, but I don’t give much for it myself, for if he did ’e never said a word about it to his missis when ’e got ’ome, and it was only after the escape of the wolf was made known, and we had been up all night-a-huntin’ of the Park for Bersicker, that he remembered seein’ anything.

From Literature

It genuinely is another “ome,” not unlike the microbiomes that exist in an intimate and inextricable relationship with all multicellular life.

From Scientific American