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 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
  • New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Cyclospora outbreak spans dozens of states Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects the intestinal tract and can cause prolonged diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, bloating and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of tract
Noun
  • Lawmakers in June approved a plan for the 2026 ballot that would increase the homestead exemption for certain Florida residents to $150,000 in 2027.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Nearly $2 million earmarked for a homestead emergency operations center to aid disaster response was also cut.
    — CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • Citi Token Services offers around-the-clock tokenized dollar clearing.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of clearing
Noun
  • 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
  • The Olathe City Council approved a final plat for the development Tuesday.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • That issue came to a head Monday night when the council considered approving the annexation, zoning and preliminary plat for Highline Estate, a 93-acre development at the corner of Linden Road and Franklin Road.
    — Noah Daly June 16, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
Definition of plat
Noun
  • By the mid-nineteenth century the Hawaiian throne, and the British, were both losing power as the growing cartel of US plantation bosses aggressively sought sway.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • The resort, on the site of a onetime sugar plantation, offers old-school Caribbean luxury.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • One student pushes a wheelbarrow across the Oakland Cemetery grass while others break up soil, rakes in hand.
    — Nila Roper, AJC.com, 21 July 2026
  • At a park in the hills of central Pennsylvania, children in jerseys shout in a mix of English and Nepali, chasing a ball across the grass while their parents watch from the sidelines.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 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 24 Jul. 2026.

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