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Noun homer has 5 senses
- homer, home run - a base hit on which the batter scores a run
--1 is a kind of base hit, safety, bingle
--1 has particulars: solo homer, solo blast
- Homer - ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
--2 is a kind of poet
- homer, kor - an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
--3 is a kind of volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
--3 has parts: bath; ephah, epha
- Homer, Winslow Homer - United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910)
--4 is a kind of painter
- homing pigeon, homer - pigeon trained to return home
--5 is a kind of domestic pigeon
--5 has particulars: carrier pigeon
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