farmhouse

noun

Definition of farmhousenext
as in homestead

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Recent Examples of farmhouse Baier and Ruland shared a farmhouse at the time, according to the criminal complaint, as reported by WBAY. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 So when the call came in, Thompson flew from London to Belfast, Ireland, then traveled to a farmhouse 30 miles away. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 Bryan is able to escape to a nearby farmhouse, but the woman doesn’t stop pursuing him for the entire movie. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026 Typewriter While exploring the farmhouse, Bryan sees a typewriter sitting squarely in the middle of one room. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 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
  • House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said there could be a homestead exemption or a mechanism that ensures people don’t lose their housing.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Big emotional moments are punctuated by striking shots of fiery, mountainside sunsets and comforting, homestead greenery.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • In his adult life, Spencer has lived at the manor on and off since inheriting it upon his father’s death in 1992.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The two set out with Ross, a raucous party boy, and the three drive to a secluded, bucolic manor.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of manor
Noun
  • My mother had a 4th grade education and worked on a sharecropping tobacco plantation.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Initial rumors were fueled by local innuendo and supported by records aligning Hemings’ pregnancies with Jefferson’s presence at his plantation home of Monticello in Virginia.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • Located on a quiet lane, a stay here offers the best of the UK countryside with rolling hills and farmland on one side.
    — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Wynwood started as farmland and then became an industrial center, a garment district and Little San Juan, the center of a large Puerto Rican community.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of farmland
Noun
  • Photographer, lifeguard, paparazzi Pet Mom Martha Martha’s love for animals goes beyond the farmyard.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of farmyard
Noun
  • The nearly 289,000-acre forest is interspersed with private property, farms, communities and roads, creating a patchwork of public and private lands across southern Illinois.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Broadly, the idea is that consumers and small shops should have access to the tools, parts and information needed to repair their own electronic devices, farm equipment and cars, among other things.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
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