Homestead - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhəʊmsted|
Brit.
|ˈhəʊmsted|
noun
- the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
- land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
- land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
- dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
verb
- settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
Extra examples
They decided to farm the old homestead.
They homesteaded the territory in the 1860s.
...faced with the toilsome task of cleaning out her deceased father's homestead...
Word forms
noun
singular: homestead
plural: homesteads
singular: homestead
plural: homesteads
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