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farm

farm

∞ 1.0
A place with fields and buildings for growing crops or keeping animals
  • noun
  • /fɑrm/
: granja
  • At the old farm, we raised sheep and tended to a vegetable garden.
  • family farm
  • a small farm
  • a large farm

I grew up on a farm outside of Anniston, AL.

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Examples

  • In 1847, his father bought him a 70-acre farm on the Connecticut coast.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I'm gonna get a nice little farm and a nice little wife and settle down.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • It's got a nice little farm shop, little coffee shop.

  • Just less than two years after we met at the farm, we were married.

  • You said you wanted a farm some day.

  • I found a map with the farm marked on it, but not the house.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And on his farm, he had some ducks...

  • His grandfather did have a farm closest by.

  • We have a big farm ranch in San Diego.

  • I may be a poor farm girl, Howard, but I'm not stupid.

Synonyms

ranch
vsfarm
  • US
413 1.9

A large farm where people raise cattle or horses

is a general agricultural business of land and buildings not only large animal raising
farmland
vsfarm
45 1.7

Land where people grow crops or raise animals

is the agricultural area plus buildings and business activity
farmstead
vsfarm
3 4.8

The main group of buildings on a farm and the land around them

is the whole agricultural business including outlying land and operations
home farm
vsfarm
  • Archaic
1 4.2

A farm near a large house that supplies it with food

is a business unit serving broader markets not mainly an estate supply

Antonyms

52 2.7

A place with many people and buildings like a city

Idioms

6 9.9

To die suddenly, often in an accident or during fighting

Compounds

29 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

27 1.1

A person who works on a farm doing jobs like planting or harvesting

26 1.7

A boy who grew up living and working on a farm

farm bill
  • Formal
19 3.7

A law that sets rules and payments for farming and food prices

wind farm
  • Specialized
19 3.7

An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind

14 1.8

A farm where cows are kept to produce milk and make cheese and butter

9 2.3

A girl who grew up on a farm and helps care for animals and plants

8 3.5

A very large place where people keep many animals in small spaces to make meat, milk, or eggs

8 2.7

A place where people raise fish in tanks or ponds for food

8 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

collective farm
  • Archaic
5 6.3

A large farm where many people work together, usually run by the government

Food that comes directly from local farms with few middle sellers

4 1.9

A place where people raise chickens for meat or eggs

funny farm
  • Slur
4 9.9

A hospital for people with serious mental health problems

fat farm
  • Offensive
3 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

3 3.0

An area where people grow trees to sell for wood or as Christmas trees

farm team
  • Jargon
2 4.0

A minor-league team that trains young players for a major team

2 6.8

A place in the countryside where people who broke the law live and work on farms

pot farm
  • NSFW
2 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

2 1.6

A farm where cows are raised for meat, milk or other products

2 4.0

A farm where people breed horses, often for racing

farm club
  • Jargon
1 5.4

A small sports team owned by a big team to train players

tank farm
  • Specialized
1 5.1

An area of land where large metal containers store oil or other liquids

1 2.7

A vehicle like a tractor that helps plow, plant, or harvest crops on a farm

home farm
  • Archaic
1 4.2

A farm near a large house that supplies it with food

A building on a farm used to keep animals, crops, or farm tools

1 1.8

A strong calm horse that works on a farm

1 3.0

A mild white cheese made on small farms from the solid part of sour skim milk

1 5.3

A farm that grows vegetables and other food to sell at markets

1 6.7

A farm where people use waste water to water and fertilize crops

Farm Credit System
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A group of banks owned by farmers that lend money to farms

clip farm
  • Jargon
8.1

A company that makes many short social media videos

9.9

An extremely offensive insulting word for Black people originally used for farm workers

How Big

estate
751 4.2
ranch
  • US
413 1.9
farm
∞ 1.0
smallholding
  • UK
1 7.1
allotment
  • UK
2 3.7

Surface Forms

farm singular
farms plural

Etymology

Farm first meant the 'fixed payment' for use of land, but people soon used the same word for the land itself. That's why a farm today is the area, with fields and buildings, used for growing crops and keeping animals.