farmyards

noun

plural of farmyard
as in farmlands

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  1. farmlands
  2. farms
  3. farmsteads
  4. ranches
Noun
  • At their regular density levels in Australian farmlands, the researchers estimated that brown snakes alone might remove thousands of mice annually for every square kilometer of farmland.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of farmlands
Noun
  • Her goal is to help other producers save time, improve their farms, and find a better balance between work and life.
    — Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The disparate destinations of McPherson’s childhood, farms that stretched to Gainesville connected on smaller roads, were morphing, but to Woodrow’s eyes, big-deal nights out still seemed distant.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of farms
Noun
  • Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of farmsteads
Noun
  • A lot of her stories contain sideways glances at the new money coming into town, doctors buying up the old ranches and turning them into weekend homes with American-eagle door knockers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Today, shooters working for Maui Nui Venison take deer from private ranches each night.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranches
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