work farm
nounDefinition of work farm
: a farm on which persons guilty of minor law violations are confined
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Along with its trail system, the preserve is also home to Deer Hollow Farm — a working farm with a cow, pigs, goats and chickens. — Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, "Hikers beware: Peninsula’s most popular open space preserve closed due to mountain lions," 23 Aug. 2019 Oliver Kelley Farm is a look at a working farm in the 1860s, with a historic house, machine shed, barn, animals and field. — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, "No Fair! 8 ideas if you’d rather not go to the Great Minnesota Get-Together," 22 Aug. 2019 Keep in mind that this is a working farm—meaning there's mud, uneven ground, and yes, a few farm animals roaming around. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "A Couple Opened Up a “Pick Your Own Bouquet” Flower Farm," 6 Aug. 2019 In the surrounding countryside are Palladio’s villas, where the architect combined opulent living quarters and working farm buildings into coherent complexes that married nature with culture, rusticity and urbanity. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, "Escape Venice’s tourist crush with a trip to Vicenza, home of great Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio," 30 July 2019 This 52-acre working farm encourages guests to pick veggies, feed sheep and simply take part in the overall daily workings. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, "The 15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2019," 6 June 2019 Many are on working farms, where the ingredients for the pizzas are grown onsite and cooked in outdoor ovens by the farmers themselves. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Pizza farms are a Wisconsin summer must-do," 18 July 2019 Add to that, the school, which was also a working farm, received children from throughout the country. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "Following a catastrophic storm, a new investigation begins at Florida's Dozier School for Boys," 17 July 2019 Nestled between the scenic town of Lithgow and the Mudgee wine region (approximately 120 miles northwest of Sydney), the property sprawls over a 1,000-acre working farm and overlooks the iconic Capertee Valley. — National Geographic, "Pop into amazing bubble hotels around the world," 10 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'work farm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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