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croft

noun

Definition of croft

chiefly British

as in tract

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as in homestead

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Recent Examples of croft That simple statement sums up not only the slender margin of survival in the crofts, but also the tectonic collision between waning subsistence living on the remote western islands and the explosion of excess and spending in 1990s mainland Scotland. — Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025 Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967. — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022

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Noun

Salmonella is a bacteria that lives in the intestinal tract, and it people are most often infected by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
But there isn’t yet much evidence to suggest that governors are strategically pursuing their own overarching vision in their selection of tracts, Fikri said.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of tract

Noun

DeSantis’ plan would force new residents to wait five years before benefitting from the higher homestead exemption.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
The measure increases the homestead exemption from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027 and raises it to $250,000 in 2028.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of homestead

Noun

The game had two bench-clearing brawls, the second of which included several fans and 19 ejections including both managers and both replacement managers.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
If breaks develop in the clouds, even a few hours of clearing could provide a good viewing window.

— Joe Ruch, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of clearing

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Evidently, Madonna was going industrial—the furthest possible cry from her lady-of-the-manor period in the early years of this century, when she was seen fetchingly clad in rustic tweeds.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of manor

Noun

In addition to the micro-hospital, the preliminary plat would allow for two more lots — one intended for open space or storm-drain facilities and the other possibly for a future retail or restaurant development, the letter said.

— Rose Evans July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
The Olathe City Council approved a final plat for the development Tuesday.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Definition of plat

Noun

Washington himself had hundreds of slaves at his home and plantation in Virginia.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Fires are often started illegally by plantation owners or traditional farmers to clear land for planting and those burns periodically blanket parts of Southeast Asia in hazardous haze, authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of plantation

Noun

Tuesday morning’s workout brought a welcome diversion from drills, when SDSU players and coaches moved from the turf to the grass practice field and actually played some football.

— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
The grass fire burned through an encampment in the southern part of the Colorado city and killed a woman and a dog.

— Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.

— Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025

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