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farmhouse

farmhouse

66 1.4
A house on a farm where the farmer and their family live
  • noun
  • /ˈfɑrmˌhaʊs/
translation icon : casa de la granja
  • We went to a farmhouse in Devon, which was idyllic, but everyone else was working.
  • build a farmhouse
  • old farmhouse
  • a small farmhouse

Just fields and a few farmhouses in every direction you look.

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Examples

  • I see a weathered old farmhouse with a white picket fence.

  • Squares of light from farmhouse windows fell onto the blue snow in the fields.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • There was something about coming back to that old farmhouse.

  • One day I was looking at a farmhouse for sale with my mom, my aunt and my cousin.

  • My older brother Brad lives alone in an old farmhouse near the North Dakota border.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I was born in a farmhouse in Winona, MN.

  • And they beautifully and slowly and painstakingly renovated this old farmhouse over many years.

  • Tessa had three children and lived in an old farmhouse in the countryside outside Bath.

  • We were living in a rented farmhouse at the time, and it was a struggle.

  • One day I was looking at a farmhouse for sale with my mom, my aunt, and my cousin.

Synonyms

house
vsfarmhouse
1.0

A building where one family lives

is specifically the main dwelling located on a farm rather than any dwelling
homestead
vsfarmhouse
23 4.1

A house with the land around it, usually in the countryside for farming

is only the main dwelling on a farm rather than the surrounding land

How Big

manor
67 5.8
house
1.0
farmhouse
66 1.4
cottage
171 1.0
cabin
351 1.0

Surface Forms

farmhouse singular
farmhouses plural

Morphology

farmhouse = farm + house (transparent) = farm + house

Direct compound of 'farm' + 'house'; the meaning 'a house on a farm' is immediately derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Farmhouse is made of two simple words, farm and house, so it literally means 'a house on a farm' where the farmer and their family live. So when you hear farmhouse, think of a home surrounded by fields and animals.