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homestead

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noun

home·​stead ˈhōm-ˌsted How to pronounce homestead (audio)
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1
a
: the home and adjoining land occupied by a family
b
: an ancestral home
c
: house
2
: a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract

homestead

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verb

home·​stead ˈhōm-ˌsted How to pronounce homestead (audio)
homesteaded; homesteading; homesteads

transitive verb

: to acquire or occupy as a homestead

intransitive verb

: to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law
homesteader noun

Example Sentences

Noun They decided to farm the old homestead. Verb They homesteaded the territory in the 1860s.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
His family’s homestead is a local institution, the town’s last working farm. Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Hidalgo County lists both misdemeanor and felony charges for making a false statement on a homestead exemption application. Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022 This once spooky house on the hill doesn’t have a fraction of the recognition as the family’s other homestead. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2022 With wife Lisa and a menagerie of beloved animals, the actor treasured retreating from the spotlight on his 20,000-acre New Mexico ranch and his five-acre homestead in Los Angeles's San Gabriel Mountains (pictured in December 2008). Serena Kappes, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 That year, her husband, George, urged her to advocate for a park near their homestead. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022 The Grammy winner, who lives on his family homestead in East Texas with his wife, April Kimble, and their twins, roots his new album in a very specific place: home. Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2022 The acclaimed Asian American sweet maker is planning two new locations this year in the Mission District and Inner Sunset, which will receive daily shipments from its Berkeley homestead. Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022 The site consists of the original 160-acre homestead, including the trading post, family home and visitor center. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2022
Verb
Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 Tour the first floor of Stonewalls, the 1720 Hayes homestead where the family resided. courant.com, 17 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1867, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of homestead was before the 12th century

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