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What Is the Meaning of the Phrase “at Home”?
Although the phrase “at home” has a primary meaning that is very simple, we can use it in a few different ways, depending on the connotation of the word “home.”
Therefore, the phrase “at home” conveys the meaning that the sentence’s subject is inside his, her, or their own place of residence.
A home is usually a building, and we can often replace the word with “house” in a sentence. However, the word “home” has the emotional connotation of a personal dwelling. Consider the variance in tone between these two sentences:
I live in a three-bedroom house in the suburbs.
I live in a comfortable home with my three children and two dogs.
The first sentence conveys information about the type of building you live in. The second sentence, in contrast, conveys emotional information about your living situation.
The Grammar of the Phrase “at Home”
In this phrase, the word “home” is the object of the sentence, and “at” is the preposition indicating the position of the subject in relation to that object. Consider these examples using different subjects:

Favorite bands
From the massive success of post-grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots to commercial guttersnipe supergroup Velvet Revolver, singer Scott Weiland's expansive talent cast a long shadow. The multiple Grammy winner, 48, was found dead yesterday in Bloomington, Indiana, while on tour with his band, the Wildabouts. When we spoke with him in March, Weiland said he did much of his listening in the kitchen of his L.A.-area home while making dinner with his wife. And thanks to his kids, new music seeped into Weiland's life. But as he noted of his 12-year-old daughter's pop predilections: "I see [pop] as a devil. It just isn't my bag. When I was around nine years old, I was a fan of Shaun Cassidy's first album. That's kind of the equivalent." Still, the songster's taste was wide-ranging, and Weiland was glad to spend an hour musing with us about the artists he enjoys the most, at least at that moment.