homestead
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/
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- They decided to convert the old farmhouse into a charming homestead and start their own vegetable garden.
- live at the homestead
- establish a homestead
- homesteads of their own
It sound like a rich people homestead area on the water.
- It sound like a rich people homestead area on the water.
- Hey girl, anybody else's comfort YouTube acre homestead It's a new day.
Examples
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We took a last view of our dear Illinois homestead as it faded from sight...
Fiction book (1998) -
Panic swept the countryside, and families abandoned their rural homesteads in droves to seek safety in town.
Academic text (1997) -
Well, I better just head for the old homestead, then.
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Well, this is it... the old homestead.
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Along the top row was a homestead with a man, a woman, and three children.
Fiction book (2000) -
Have him meet me at the Evans homestead.
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This little homestead over which l labor once filled me with joy.
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The carolers, however, took to the road, touring the countryside to sing at homesteads along the way.
Academic text (1990) -
Out in the middle of one of the fields, there was a remnants of an old homestead and shack out there that had been used for trading with the Indians.
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The family spent their weekends restoring the historic homestead they inherited from their grandparents.
Synonyms
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1.4
A house on a farm where the farmer and their family live
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The main group of buildings on a farm and the land around them
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A piece of land for building a house or with a house on it
A small piece of land where a family grows food and keeps animals
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A law that protects a person's home from people or companies who are owed money
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homestead comes from the old English parts home and stead, where stead means 'place'. Think of it as your 'home place'—a house and the land around it—so the word naturally fits a countryside house or farm.