Thesaurus results for SMALLHOLDING

smallholding

noun

Definition of smallholding

chiefly British

as in homestead

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Recent Examples of smallholding 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 Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool. — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018 Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters. — Time, 5 Apr. 2018

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Noun

Maunakea grew up on a Native Hawaiian homestead in the town of Nānākuli on the west coast of O‘ahu under the family matriarch, his great-grandmother Katherine Maunakea.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
In 2025, Texas' Proposition 13, which increased the state's homestead property tax exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 of a homestead's market value, was approved overwhelmingly, with the support of nearly 80% of voters.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of homestead

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A tad Shaker, a tad farmhouse, this wooden bed frame looks more like an antique market find than an Amazon purchase.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Faux Barnwood Floors Original barnwood flooring that’s reclaimed from old barns has been a popular choice for farmhouse and rustic style interiors.

— Nomita Vaish-Taylor, The Spruce, 13 July 2026

Definition of farmhouse

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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

If this sounds like a lot of work, choose drought-tolerant plants or install drip irrigation around your garden beds.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
The garden's pond reflects the lovely surrounding scenery, and the harmonious beauty is enjoyable with every step and across the changing seasons.

— Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Definition of garden

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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

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Terroir at Alouette appears in the difference between apples from two orchards or in the bitterness of a leek grown on one particular farm.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Properties listed range from pastures for rent to a few dozen acres of unplanted land for sale to larger plots with orchards for sale.

— Lizzie Kane July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of orchard

Noun

The hotel has 150 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
The whole family will stay in one of the resort’s 50 hacienda-style casitas, which include expansive patios with rainforest views.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Definition of hacienda

Noun

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

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