homestead
🇺🇸
/ˈhəʊmsted/
🇬🇧
/ˈhəʊmsted/
noun
R
A homestead is a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm.
The family grew up on their homestead, where they raised animals and grew their own food.
R
In the past, in the US, a homestead was a piece of land given by the government to someone on the condition that they lived on it and grew crops.
The government gave them a homestead to encourage farming and settlement in the West.
verb
R
To homestead means to live and work on a homestead.
They decided to homestead in the countryside, where they could be more self-sufficient.
translation
A homestead is a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm.; In the past, in the US, a homestead was a piece of land given by the government to someone on the condition that they lived on it and grew crops.
To homestead means to live and work on a homestead.
Word Forms
3rd Present
homesteads
Progressive
homesteading
Past
homesteaded
Plural
homesteads
Perfect
homesteaded