hometown meaning

Definition of hometown

1. the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence
   • he never went back to his hometown again

   Type of: town

hometown in a sentence

• I keep in touch with my parents in my hometown by phone.
• He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.
• I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
• My hometown is located about 20 minutes from a large city.
• He left his hometown at the age of fifteen never to return.

How to pronounce hometown

hometown is pronounced /ˈhəʊmtaʊn/ in British English and /ˈhoʊmtaʊn/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.