homesite
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌsaɪt/
- US
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terreno
- Other types of sacred spots more closely linked to daily life are more likely to occur in or near homesites, cornfields, and grazing areas.
Examples
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Visit Country Village's homesite to plan your visit!
Blog text (29) -
His goal is to use the income from homesite sales to make the entire conservation effort feasible.
Academic text (2001) -
Papa had built it on an old homesite known as the Chevalier Place.
Fiction book (1990) -
A homesite must also provide a shady refuge from the hot midday sun.
Academic text (1990) -
1674 - John Washington, great-grandfather of George, is granted the Mount Vernon homesite.
Fiction book (2001) -
They found the perfect homesite on the outskirts of the town, surrounded by trees.
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Before building their dream house, they carefully surveyed the homesite to ensure it was suitable.
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The real estate agent showed them various homesites available near the lake for their new home.
Synonyms
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1.2
A place where something is now located or will be built
∞
3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
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2.8
Land with buildings on it that people own, like houses or offices
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4.1
A house with the land around it, usually in the countryside for farming
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2.8
An empty piece of land in a town without buildings
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2.4
A piece of land where people plan to make or are making houses and other structures
A piece of land for a house in the past
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homesite is a simple compound of home and site, where home means 'house' and site means 'place', as in the word website or building site. So a homesite is the 'place' where you build a house or where a house already stands.