farmhouse

[ fahrm-hous ]

noun

, plural farm·hous·es [fahrm, -hou-ziz].

1. a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.

farmhouse

/ ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a house attached to a farm, esp the dwelling from which the farm is managed
2. Also calledfarmhouse loaf a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top

Word History and Origins

Origin of farmhouse¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; farm + house

Example Sentences

Matthews would die in a 1984 law-enforcement siege at a farmhouse in Washington state, and the surviving members of the Order would eventually be imprisoned.

From Los Angeles Times

He steered to the farmhouse and marched up the ridge of alfalfa, grown for the farm’s cattle feed.

From New York Times

Yet it isn’t the easiest product to shift – particularly farmhouse cheese, most of which tends to be heavy and bulky and must be kept at specific temperatures.

From BBC

There was sniping in the press that he was hard to tempt away from his farmhouse in Oxford, where he lived with his second wife, Emma, and their three children.

From BBC

They were known to be comfortably off - more than £2,000 in cash was found in the farmhouse after their deaths and they left £35,000 in savings and investments.

From BBC

Related Words

• cattle ranch