smallholdings

noun

plural of smallholding, chiefly British
as in plantations

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  1. plantations
  2. homesteads
  3. manors
  4. gardens
  5. haciendas
  6. orchards
  7. stations
  8. farms
Noun
  • Centuries ago, enslaved people often worked with horses and other livestock on plantations.
    — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026
  • Indigenous tree species are generally better adapted to local climates, support far more wildlife, and create healthier, more resilient ecosystems than large monoculture plantations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of plantations
Noun
  • Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property.
    — Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Definition of homesteads
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
  • And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Definition of manors
Noun
  • On the 1-acre lot are yards, gardens, a deck, and a shed for guests or projects.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 July 2026
  • Find one in your area, and wander through blooming gardens, admire landscape design ideas, and enjoy a peaceful afternoon surrounded by nature.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
Definition of gardens
Noun
  • The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of haciendas
Noun
  • 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 orchards
Noun
  • Even now, his image is on lampposts and bus stops, in train stations and on the side of bins.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • For decades, media meant whatever television stations, newspapers, magazines, or radio producers decided to show us.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stations
Noun
  • For our members, the CSA is a direct connection to the farms and farmers who grow our food.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
  • And those singers drew on the stories told to children at bedtime, or by soldiers on the march, by people at work on farms and fishing boats, in kitchens and at looms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of farms
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