croft

noun

Definition of croftnext
chiefly British
1
as in tract

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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croft
  1. tract
  2. homestead
  3. clearing
  4. manor
  5. plat
  6. plantation
  7. grass
  8. smallholding
Noun
  • Although Salmonella primarily originates in the intestinal tracts of people and animals, including insects and birds, the bacterium is commonly found in the environment.
    — Kimberly Baker, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTBP1) binds to RNA in astrocytes, preventing them from taking on nerve cell characteristics.
    — Mike McRae August 30, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of tract
Noun
  • The opening images find Margot Fogle (Mackenzie Davis) floating in the outdoor pool of her new, rural homestead just outside Budapest.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The ballot proposal would raise Florida’s homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and to $250,000 in 2028 — and could eventually eliminate non-school property taxes on homesteads.
    — Sherrilyn Cabrera, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • The data center also required extensive tree clearing, and the families say bright lights from the facility shine on their properties day and night.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This plumbing falls into the same category as the ACH, SWIFT, card rails and clearing-and-settlement layer underneath the equities market.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of clearing
Noun
  • Last summer the hairstylist came across photographs of a stately Georgian manor in the Cotswolds, a two-hour drive west of London.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of manor
Noun
  • The Project Ember site plan closely aligns with the location of a 153-acre plat that was conditionally approved by the Fort Worth City Planning Commission in mid-August.
    — Emily Holshouser August 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026
  • According to Rockford Map, a company that publishes plat maps and plat books, counties began developing plat books in the 1850s, and their use grew substantially in the last quarter of the 19th century.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of plat
Noun
  • Harriet Tubman, along with her brothers Ben and Henry, fled from the plantation in Maryland where they were enslaved.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • It was shot at what was once the largest operating plantation in Jamaica.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • Hot, dry conditions and abundant grass and brush have helped fuel rapid fire growth, with some areas remaining vulnerable to new ignitions.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There is grass on the floor, several rusted iron chairs, and a small table.
    — Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Sep. 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
Definition of smallholding

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“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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