homestead

:  to acquire or occupy as a homestead

:  to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law

city in southeastern Florida southwest of Miami population 60,512

1 :  a home and the land around it

2 :  a piece of land gained from United States public lands by living on and farming it

:  to acquire or settle on public land for use as a homestead

1a :  the home and adjoining land with any buildings that is occupied usually by a family as its principal residence b :  an estate created by law in a homestead especially for the purpose of taking advantage of a homestead exemption

2 :  a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract