homestead
noun
home·stead
| \ ˈhōm-ˌsted
, -stid\
, -stid\
Definition of homestead
(Entry 1 of 3)
2
: a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract
homestead
verb
home·stead
| \ ˈhōm-ˌsted
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homesteaded;
homesteading;
homesteads
Definition of homestead (Entry 2 of 3)
: to acquire or occupy as a homestead
: to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law
Homestead
geographical name
Home·stead
| \ ˈhōm-ˌsted
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Definition of Homestead (Entry 3 of 3)
city in southeastern Florida southwest of Miami population 60,512
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Other Words from homestead
Verb
homesteader
\ ˈhōm-ˌste-dər
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noun
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noun
Examples of homestead in a Sentence
Noun
They decided to farm the old homestead.Verb
They homesteaded the territory in the 1860s.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Golden was holding an old photograph of the Casey homestead on Franklin Street in Allston. — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, "For the general’s son, it really is a wonderful life," 29 Aug. 2019 For the owner of a $150,000 home with a $50,000 homestead exemption and no increase in taxable value, the total tax bill from the district would fall from $29.36 to $27.95. — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, "Water district asked to drop plan to cut tax rate and use money to fight sea-level rise," 24 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homestead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for homestead
homestead
noun
English Language Learners Definition of homestead
: a house and the farmland it is on
US
: a piece of government land that a person could acquire by living on it and farming it when the western part of the U.S. was being settled
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homestead
noun
home·stead
| \ ˈhōm-ˌsted
\
\
Kids Definition of homestead
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a home and the land around it
2
: a piece of land gained from United States public lands by living on and farming it
homestead
verb
homesteaded;
homesteading
Kids Definition of homestead (Entry 2 of 2)
: to acquire or settle on public land for use as a homestead