homestead
IPA: hˈoʊmstɛd
noun
- A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
- (Canada, US) A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States.
- The place that is one's home.
- (South Africa) A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
- (obsolete) The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
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Examples of "homestead" in Sentences
- The family moved back to the homestead.
- He finds the homestead burned to the ground.
- The homestead is not accessible to the public.
- Seymour was of the belief that the homestead was haunted.
- It was the first substantial sized homestead in the area.
- Interment was on the homestead in the Simeon Sammons Cemetery.
- During the 1890s, it was the only homestead west of the river.
- The family burial plot is also located on the grounds of the Homestead.
- The only habitation on the island is the resort and the family homestead.
- The area of the park is excluding that is part of the historic Moir homestead.
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