stay-at-home
See also: stay at home
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
stay-at-home (not comparable)
- (chiefly attributive) Of a parent, not employed, and rather devoting more time to one's children.
Usage notes
- This adjective is mostly restricted to attributive use; predicative uses such as in “My mother is stay-at-home” do exist, but are quite rare.
- In particular, this adjective is most commonly found in the expressions stay-at-home mother, father, mom, dad, motherhood, and so on.