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Homestead

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Noun

1. homestead

the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

2. homestead

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

3. homestead

dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

Verb

4. homestead

settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Homestead

see synonyms of homestead
noun
1. 
a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm
2. 
(in the US) a house and adjoining land designated by the owner as his or her fixed residence and exempt under the homestead laws from seizure and forced sale for debts
3. 
(in western Canada) a piece of land, usually 160 acres, granted to a settler by the federal government
4. Australian and New Zealand
the owner's or manager's residence on a sheep or cattle station; in New Zealand the term includes all outbuildings

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Homestead

see synonyms of homestead
noun
1.  US
a place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings
2.  Law
such a place occupied by the owner and his family and exempted from seizure or forced sale to meet general debts
3.  US
a tract of public land (160 acres by the Homestead Act of 1862) granted by the U.S. government to a settler to be developed as a farm
verb intransitive US
4. 
to become a settler on a homestead
verb transitive US
5. 
to settle on as a homestead

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Homestead

see synonyms of homestead
n.
1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
2. Law Property qualifying as a person's home under certain laws, such as laws providing tax abatements and exemptions, survivorship rights for spouse and children, and immunity from claims of creditors.
3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
4. The place where one's home is.
v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads
v.intr.
To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.
v.tr.
To claim and settle (land) as a homestead.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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