farmstead

[ fahrm-sted ]

noun

1. a farm together with its buildings.

farmstead

/ ˈfɑːmˌstɛd /

noun

1. a farm or the part of a farm comprising its main buildings together with adjacent grounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of farmstead¹

First recorded in 1800–10; farm + stead

Example Sentences

Value-added or farmstead dairy operations that make and sell milk and products such as cheese straight to customers have been growing.

From Salon

Hearst, whose vibrant new cookbook "Flavors from the Farm: Vegetable-Forward Food to Share" is out now, has settled on a 60-acre farmstead upstate.

From Salon

But the crafty robbers somehow knew that the dogs couldn’t reach the part of the farmstead where they were breaking in.

From Los Angeles Times

Using livestock guardian dogs to deter bears from farmsteads, however, hadn’t been rigorously tested.

From Science Magazine

“The farmsteads were probably run by families who accumulated wealth. The others might have been farm workers, servants, or enslaved people.”

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• acreage
• estate
• field
• garden
• grassland
• homestead
• lawn
• meadow
• nursery
• orchard
• pasture
• plantation
• ranch