farmstead
noun
farm·stead
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Definition of farmstead
: the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm
broadly
: a farm with its buildings
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Examples of farmstead in a Sentence
many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
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Visitors can park at the municipal lot behind the Senior Center, or along the street between the Senior Center and the farmstead itself. — courant.com, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 14 Aug. 2019 Gordon and Wendy Parsons operate the Music Mill inside the barn of a 1790s farmstead near the village crossroads. — David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, "Simpler, gentler: A journey through the eastern N.H. hinterlands," 13 Aug. 2019 Dating to sometime between the 10th and 12th centuries, the hall was discovered below the more recent Skaill farmstead, according to the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute. — Fox News, "Viking drinking hall discovered on remote Scottish island," 8 Aug. 2019 Historic farmstead features local artisans, vintage and antique home and garden decor, upcycled and handcrafted accessories. — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Fall and winter festivals, fairs and other events in Wisconsin," 13 Oct. 2017 The Italian character is in the faces: an aristocratic man eating in a soup kitchen, children in the alleys of Naples, women on an ancient farmstead that survived the war. — Robert Taylor, The Mercury News, "Museo Italo Americano exhibit in SF will make you feel like you’re in a Fellini movie," 29 July 2019 The farmstead had been in the Woodbridge family since Deodatus Woodbridge built the Greek Revival home at 495 East Middle Turnpike about 190 years ago, according to the National Register description (https://bit.ly/2RXXNFK). — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, "Despite objection, Manchester Historical Society to tear down decrepit structure," 6 July 2019 The farmstead is part of the 1,388-acre Greene Valley Forest Preserve. — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, "Naperville News Digest," 7 June 2019 Found on almost every country road in the valley, trulli are not idle curiosities; they are actively used as homes, farmsteads, guesthouses, and more. — Margarita Gokun Silver, National Geographic, "Hobbit homes in Italy? Not quite, but just as charming," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'farmstead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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farmstead
noun
English Language Learners Definition of farmstead
: a farm with its buildings
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