homestead
/ˈhoʊm.stɛd/
verb
- To settle on and farm a piece of land, especially land given by the government.
- Many families homesteaded in the West during the 19th century.
- They decided to homestead in the prairie region.
- She hopes to homestead a small plot and grow her own food.
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noun
- A house and the land around it, especially a farm with its buildings.
- They moved to a homestead in the mountains to live a simpler life.
- The family has lived on this homestead for over a hundred years.
- The old homestead had a barn, a garden, and a small orchard.
- A piece of land given by the government to a settler to farm, especially in the past in the United States.
- In the 1800s, many families claimed a homestead under the Homestead Act.
- He inherited a homestead that his great-grandfather had farmed.
- The museum shows what life was like on a pioneer homestead.
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