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    homestead
    /ˈhəʊmstɛd/

    noun

    • 1. a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings.
    • 2. an area of land (usually 160 acres) granted to a settler in the West as a home. historical North American

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHOMESTEAD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    HOMESTEAD definition: 1. a house and the surrounding area of land, usually used as a farm 2. in the past, land given by…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › homesteadHomestead Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. home· stead ˈhōm-ˌsted. -stid. Synonyms of homestead. 1. a. : the home and adjoining land occupied by a family. b. : an ancestral home. c. : house. 2. : a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract. homestead. 2 of 2. verb. home· stead ˈhōm-ˌsted.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › homesteadHomestead - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A homestead is a house and surrounding land owned by a family — often, it includes a farmhouse. Most people have homes, but not everyone has a homestead: that means your family owns more than a house.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › homesteadHOMESTEAD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Homestead definition: a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.. See examples of HOMESTEAD used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHOMESTEAD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    homestead in British English. (ˈhəʊmˌstɛd , -stɪd ) noun. 1. a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm. 2. (in the US) a house and adjoining land designated by the owner as his or her fixed residence and exempt under the homestead laws from seizure and forced sale for debts. 3.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOMESTEAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    homestead. verb [ I or T ] US us / ˈhoʊm.sted / uk / ˈhəʊm.sted / in the past, to build a house and grow crops on land given by the government. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of homestead from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) homestead | Intermediate English. noun [ C ]

  8. www.britannica.com › dictionary › homesteadHomestead Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    HOMESTEAD meaning: 1 : a house and the farmland it is on; 2 : a piece of government land that a person could acquire by living on it and farming it when the western part of the U.S. was being settled.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › homesteadHomestead - definition of homestead by The Free Dictionary

    1. a dwelling with its land and buildings occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt. 2. any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home. 3. a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act. v.t.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhomestead noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of homestead noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHOMESTEAD | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    HOMESTEAD meaning: a house and area of land usually used as a farm. Learn more.