Meaning & use

Farmstead

noun·Everyday

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A farm together with its buildings, especially the house and outbuildings, considered as a unit.

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The old farmstead had been in the family for four generations.

They renovated the farmstead into a bed-and-breakfast.

A note on using this word

"Farmstead" specifically refers to the buildings and immediate grounds, not the surrounding cultivated fields.

Words with a similar meaning

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