Definitions of homestead [ˈhoʊm stɛd, -stɪd]

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Definition of 'homestead'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) homestead
a dwelling with its land and buildings occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.

2. homestead
any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home.

3. homestead
a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act.

4. (v.t.) homestead
to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead.

5. (v.i.) homestead
to acquire or settle on a homestead.

Etymology: (bef. 1000)

Definition of 'homestead'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) homestead
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

2. (noun) homestead
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

3. (verb) homestead
dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

4. (verb) homestead
settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Definition of 'homestead'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) homestead
the home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it

2. (noun) homestead
the home or seat of a family; place of origin

3. (noun) homestead
the home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family

Translation of 'homestead'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc.
Afrikaans: opstal	Arabic: البَيْت العائِلي	Bulgarian: чифлик
Brazilian: propriedade rural	Czech: statek	German: die Heimstätte
Danish: bondegård	Greek: υποστατικό	Spanish: caserío; granja
Estonian: talund	Farsi: خانه با متعلقات آن	Finnish: maatalo
French: ferme (avec dépendances)	Hebrew: נַחֲלָה	Hindi: वासभूमि
Croatian: posjed s gospodarskim zgr	Hungarian: farm, tanya	Indonesian: rumah pertanian
Icelandic: bústaður, bÿli; bóndabær	Italian: casa colonica, fattoria	Japanese: 自作農場
Korean: 집과 대지	Lithuanian: sodyba	Latvian: lauku mājas; ferma
Malay: rumah ladang	Dutch: woonstede	Norwegian: gårdsbruk
Polish: gospodarstwo	Persian: خانه با متعلقات آن	Pashto: کور د هغه له غړو سره
Portuguese: propriedade rural	Romanian: fermă	Russian: усадьба, ферма
Slovak: usadlosť, gazdovstvo	Slovenian: posestvo	Serbian: kuća sa okućnicom
Swedish: gård, nybyggarhemman	Thai: บ้านไร่	Turkish: malikâne
Taiwanese: (美國或澳洲等國)農家，家宅, 家園	Ukrainian: фермерська садиба	Urdu: دیہی مکان جہاں جانوروں کے
Vietnamese: ấp; trại	Chinese: 家宅，家园
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