second home

American  

noun

1. an additional residence, as at the shore or in the country, where one goes on weekends, vacations, and the like.

2. another residence, as of a close relative or friend, where one spends a great deal of time or feels welcome and at home.

   Aunt Sue's house was my second home.

3. any place where one spends a great deal of time.

   My office is my second home.

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second home

Hernández’s two-run homer Tuesday, in the Dodgers’ 4-0 win against the Reds, was his second home run in as many nights, as the team trimmed its magic number to clinch the division to two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Think of the return of BTS, then, as a test of K-pop’s lasting cultural penetration, particularly in the United States, which BTS has long treated as something of a second home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Visiting from Derbyshire along with Logan the border terrier, Phil said he and Carol were married in Scarborough, stayed there at least three times a year and called the town their "second home".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The point of getting a second home in a warmer state is to live it up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

His second home was the wooden shack where he and his father lived with his father’s mother, until his father found a new wife and left.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario