homestead
noun/ˈhəʊmsted/
/ˈhəʊmsted/
- a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm
- What began as a small family homestead is now a 5 000-acre ranch.
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- (in the US in the past) a piece of land given to somebody by the government on condition that they lived on it and grew crops on it
Word OriginOld English hāmstede ‘a settlement’ (see home, stead).
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