farmstead
noun
farm·stead
ˈfärm-ˌsted 
: the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm
broadly
: a farm with its buildings
Examples of farmstead in a Sentence
many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
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Turkey vultures have set up a new nest in a Mequon farmstead
And Journal Sentinel outdoors columnist Paul Smith has the photos and video to prove it.
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Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
Andrew and David Shriver Jr., who started the business enterprise at Union Mills in 1797, were born at the Little Pipe Creek farmstead in the 1760s.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
The site is near an ancient quarry, two burial caves and the remains of a Roman-era farmstead.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
The Tree of Man describes almost the entire lifetimes of a husband and wife living simply on a farmstead in the Australian bush, in ceaselessly interesting, dramatic prose.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
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Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
Andrew and David Shriver Jr., who started the business enterprise at Union Mills in 1797, were born at the Little Pipe Creek farmstead in the 1760s.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024
The site is near an ancient quarry, two burial caves and the remains of a Roman-era farmstead.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
The Tree of Man describes almost the entire lifetimes of a husband and wife living simply on a farmstead in the Australian bush, in ceaselessly interesting, dramatic prose.
—The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024
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farmstead
noun
farm·stead
-ˌsted
: the buildings and nearby service areas of a farm
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