Home-set
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of homeset.; Type specific to a publisher
"Agreeing to locate advertisements in advantageous places, they agreed also to carry a certain amount of material in “home-set” print in the news and editorial columns."
- 2 Alternative form of homeset.; Device for home entertainment
"[R]adio now depends enormously on its replacements. Last year home-set replacements in fact account for some 3,000,000 units, or nearly three-fifths of the total U.S. home-set sales."
- 3 A perm that is applied at home, rather than in a beauty salon.
"The less 'fortunate', and I use the term advisedly, had only outward growth to adjust to, as spare tyres of rippling flesh burst forth from the space between elasticated hipster jeans and children's-sized short t-shirts; rolls of belly and blobs of overspilling back-cleavage, which at least ensured well-insulated kidneys, were complimented by 3-inch hoop earrings in gold plate and whole cans of ozone-devouring superset hair lacquer applied to home-set perms."
- 1 Set by the user, as opposed to by a professional. not-comparable
"In almost every home, behind the home-set, swirly glass window-pane, hung one of the blue star flags with one, or two, or more blue stars in its center indicating the male members of the family in the service."
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More examples"Agreeing to locate advertisements in advantageous places, they agreed also to carry a certain amount of material in “home-set” print in the news and editorial columns."
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