smallholding

noun

Definition of smallholdingnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
  1. homestead
  2. farmhouse
  3. plantation
  4. garden
  5. manor
  6. orchard
  7. hacienda
  8. croft
Noun
  • The city’s public announcement and email on the freeze did not mention the November statewide ballot referendum, which could increase the current $50,000 homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028.
    — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Alila Ventana Big Sur resort is 51 years old, while the Post Ranch Inn sits on the former homestead of the Post pioneer family who settled in the region in the 1860s.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • The spa The spa here is large, less storybook cottage and more farmhouse-style mansion.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The traditional farmhouse touches indoors and massive swimming pool don’t hurt its charm, either.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of farmhouse
Noun
  • Washington himself had hundreds of slaves at his home and plantation in Virginia.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Fires are often started illegally by plantation owners or traditional farmers to clear land for planting and those burns periodically blanket parts of Southeast Asia in hazardous haze, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • Mow Regularly Keeping your lawn and garden tidy with frequent mowing and weeding is the best way to ensure poison ivy never gets a chance to intrude.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Its highlight is the private rooftop, reserved for hotel guests, with a saltwater pool, garden, cabanas, restaurant, and views of the Hollywood Hills.
    — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of garden
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
  • Kenyon partnered with Shuenemeyer -- a horticulturist with an eye for history and a tongue for unique tastes -- to try to repopulate the orchard with new trees grown from grafts of the few remiaing trees still growing in the orchard.
    — Kevin Strong, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Outside, landscaped gardens give way to an orchard filled with apple, pear, olive, citrus, persimmon, and passion-fruit trees.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of orchard
Noun
  • 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
  • The hotel has 150 rooms and suites, all with plush furnishings and impressive, hacienda-style architecture.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • That simple statement sums up not only the slender margin of survival in the crofts, but also the tectonic collision between waning subsistence living on the remote western islands and the explosion of excess and spending in 1990s mainland Scotland.
    — Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of croft

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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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