homestead

Meanings

Noun

  • A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
  • The place that is one's home.
  • A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
  • The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

Verb

Origin

  • Equivalent to home + stead. Cognate to German Heimstatt, Dutch heemstede and Swedish hemstad.

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