home-school vb (Education) to teach one’s child at home instead of sending him or her to school adj (Education) being educated at home rather than in school: home-school kids. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014