homestay—a visit to smb.’s home in a foreign country (often a stay by an exchange student):
- As Howell discovered during her homestay, much of the education in a study abroad program takes place beyond the classroom.
stay-at-home—
1. said of smb. preferring a quiet domestic life to traveling or leading a busy social life:
- Thoreau was such a stay-at-home that he refused to go to Paris lest he miss something of interest in Concord.
2. said of smb. staying or working at home:
- I’m a stay at home mother of two young girls. I have very little time that I can call my own.