farmhouse

noun

Definition of farmhousenext
as in homestead

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Recent Examples of farmhouse The Overcasts live an hour southeast of Springfield, in a small white farmhouse on a county road lined by forests and fields. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Chopper 3 was over what remains of the 1930s farmhouse on Highview Road in Hilltown Township, near Sellersville, Monday morning. — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Featuring a slim, bucket seat and metal legs, the design suits a number of styles, from industrial to farmhouse. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2026 There would be 13 townhouses built in a farmhouse style that would each contain four apartments. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmhouse
  1. homestead
  2. manor
  3. plantation
  4. hacienda
  5. farmland
  6. farmyard
  7. farm
Noun
  • Instead, it’s grounded in the book series and its first season adapts 1935’s Little House on the Prairie, which follows the Ingalls’ journey to start a homestead just outside the town of Independence, Kan.
    — Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • On Sundays, Kenyon opens the gates of his homestead to kids from Cherbourg, and anyone else who wants to ride bulls.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • 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
  • Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
Definition of manor
Noun
  • In the Black Jacobins, CLR James describes the slaves of a plantation sewing mutiny through poison.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Her family is separated when her dad and brother are sold to another plantation.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • The main hacienda is designed for both everyday living and large-scale entertaining.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • Diego is the big-hearted and good-natured owner of a small hacienda and husband to Doña Gabriella (Audrey Dana).
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • Some 150 firefighters and 220 soldiers from Spain’s military emergency unit were battling the blaze, which has consumed more than 7,900 acres of forest and farmland.
    — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Some 150 firefighters and 220 soldiers from Spain’s military emergency unit were battling the blaze, which has consumed more than 3,200 hectares (7,900 acres) of forest and farmland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of farmland
Noun
  • Visitors can also hike through the salt marshes of Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, stop for coffee and pastries at Dave's Coffee, or browse the eclectic shops and gardens at Fantastic Umbrella Factory, a former 19th-century farmyard turned open-air shopping village.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • The whisky has a layered and complex nose, almost quirky, with earthy/farmyard aromas and pancake syrup, followed by black pepper and espresso bitterness that add depth.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of farmyard
Noun
  • The only things keeping Kaskaskia from transforming into a complete ghost town are the richness of the land, too alluring not to farm, and the church.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The program takes students to the more than 130-year-old Nicolaus Dairy farm in Elk Grove and teaches them about food production.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
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