Definition of Farmstead

1. Noun. The buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm.

Generic synonyms: Land

2. Noun. A farm together with its buildings.
Exact synonyms: Farm-place, Farmplace
Generic synonyms: Farm

Definition of Farmstead

1. n. A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm.

Definition of Farmstead

1. Noun. The main building of a farm ¹

2. Noun. A farm, including its buildings ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Farmstead

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farmstead

farmhouses
farming
farming(a)
farming area
farmings
farmland
farmlands
farmlike
farmplace
farms
farmscape
farmscapes
farmstand
farmstands
farmstead (current term)
farmsteading
farmsteadings
farmsteads
farmward
farmwear
farmwife
farmwives
farmwork
farmworker
farmworkers
farmworks
farmyard
farmyards
farnesal dehydrogenase

Literary usage of Farmstead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Farm Buildings by William Arthur Foster, Deane G. Carter (1922)
"CHAPTER XXVI farmstead PLANNING THE early development of the farmstead group was carried on under much different conditions than exist to-day. ..."

2. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"CHAPTER 68 PLANNING THE FARM AND farmstead Economy in the management of a farm and the pleasure in farm life depend to a considerable extent upon the plan ..."

3. Rural Denmark and Its Schools by Harold Waldstein Foght (1915)
"SMALLHOLD farmstead (Rear View). A FARM OF SEVEN ACRES. Dwelling house in central section, with granary and barn in wings. Well built, sanitary, and neatly ..."

4. A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern Counties by James John Hissey (1889)
"But we live in an age of changes, changes that come upon us almost without our knowing that they have taken place, and I greatly fear that the farmstead of ..."

5. The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels by Charles George Harper (1904)
"No one has yet suspected coal beneath AN EGDON farmstead. the shaggy frieze coat of this remote vestige of an earlier age, and its vitals have therefore not ..."

6. The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich: A Long-vacation Pastoral by Arthur Hugh Clough (1848)
"... There hath he farmstead and land, and fields of corn and flax fields; And the Antipodes too have a ..."

7. In Viking Land: Norway: Its Peoples, Its Fjords and Its Fjelds by Will Seymour Monroe (1908)
"... to cultivation — Farmers small proprietors — Variety of agricultural products — Haymaking — Horses and cattle —Buildings on a Norwegian farmstead — The ..."

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