Meaning & use

homefront

noun·Academic

The civilian population and activities of a country whose military is fighting a war elsewhere.

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Factories on the homefront switched to producing tanks and ammunition during the war.

Letters kept soldiers connected to news from the homefront back home.

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Homefront is often written as two words, 'home front,' especially in British English and older historical texts.

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