Definition of farmstead
: the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm;
broadly
: a farm with its buildings
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many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
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Enjoy artisan and farmstead cheeses from producers in the region, across the country and Europe, with fine meats, wines, and gourmet accompaniments.
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At the time of the writing of the Second Amendment, gun ownership was a given, considering the need for hunting for food as well as defense on an isolated farmstead far away from everyone.
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On the island of Brac, for example, there's a visit to a farmstead where passengers help prepare dinner using a peka, which is a metal cooking bell common to the region.
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Vikander and Fassbender exchanged vows at the luxurious La Granja farmstead resort surrounded by friends and family, sources previously told PEOPLE.
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State officials hope to build a new state police firearms training facility on a vacant farmstead adjacent to Pachaug State Forest.
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On that night at the Hinterkaifeck farmstead, the farmer, his wife, their widowed daughter, two grandchildren aged 7 and 2, and the family maid, all were killed with a mattock, or pickaxe.
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The farmstead is located in Manchester Green, 495 East Middle Turnpike, near its intersection with Woodbridge Street.
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Speculation is still roiling as to whether the property owner, Lewis Button, has actually finalized the sale of the 113-acre site, a vacant farmstead which is bordered on three sides by Pachaug State Forest.
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First Known Use of farmstead
1807
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