Definition of farmstead
:the buildings and adjacent service areas of a farm;
broadly
:a farm with its buildings
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Examples of farmstead in a Sentence
many of the area's proud, old farmsteads have been bulldozed by developers to make way for condominiums
Recent Examples of farmstead from the Web
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The Woodbridge farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Tour old houses (the oldest dates from the Medieval period), explore heirloom herb gardens and watch artisans carry out the tasks of times past in a series of rotating exhibitions and guided walks of historic farmsteads.
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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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Visitors can park at the municipal lot behind the Senior Center, and along the street that runs between the Senior Center and the farmstead itself.
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Near Newburg, in east-central Wisconsin, at least 300 people from one dozen states are expected at the 84th consecutive Seidemann reunion at the family farmstead.
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For the first time, the Washington group visited Monticello, the home and farmstead of President Thomas Jefferson.
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A. My business is farmstead, artisan cheese production.
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The Schwabs had given tours of the farmstead since it was restored with private funds in the early 1990s.
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First Known Use of farmstead
1807
FARMSTEAD Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of farmstead for English Language Learners
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: a farm with its buildings
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