farmhouse

noun

farm·​house ˈfärm-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce farmhouse (audio)
Synonyms of farmhousenext
: a dwelling on a farm

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This puts in motion a chain of events that will see Jessie returned to her old farmhouse in the countryside, now inhabited by a girl about Bonnie’s age — Blaze (Mykal-Michelle Harris) — and her parents. Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026 While Bonnie is learning that online friendships don’t always translate neatly to real-world playdates, the screenplay by Stanton and co-director Kenna Harris cooks up a way to get Jessie across town to the farmhouse where her original owner Emily once lived. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 There’s action in the film, but most of those sequences, including a bravura fight scene set in a farmhouse that’s been set ablaze, take place in the first 30 minutes. Brent Lang, Variety, 16 June 2026 From the outside, the villa was almost a carbon copy of the Tuscan farmhouse (renovated by Crosby Studios) that graced AD’s October 2025 cover, though with a lot less chrome in the interior. Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmhouse

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of farmhouse was in 1533

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“Farmhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmhouse. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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farmhouse

noun
farm·​house -ˌhau̇s How to pronounce farmhouse (audio)
: a dwelling on a farm
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