homestead (redirected from homesteading)

home·stead  (hmstd)

n.

1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.

2. Law Property designated by a householder as the householder's home and protected by law from forced sale to meet debts.

3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.

4. The place where one's home is.

v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads

v.intr.

To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.

v.tr.

To claim and settle (land) as a homestead.

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homesteader n.

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homestead

Noun

1. a farmhouse and the adjoining land

2. (in the western US & Canada) a house and adjoining tract of land (originally often 160 acres) that was granted by the government for development as a farm.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	homestead - the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family land - the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"
	2.	homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
	3.	homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Verb	1.	homestead - settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead settle - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"

Translations

homestead [ˈhəumstɛd] n → hacienda

homestead [ˈhəumstɛd] n → propriété f (= farm); ferme f

homestead [ˈhəumstɛd] home n → Heimstätte f;

(farm) → Gehöft nt

homestead [ˈhəumstɛd] n → fattoria e terreni