steading

noun

Definition of steadingnext
as in homestead

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  1. homestead
  2. croft
  3. manor
  4. plantation
  5. smallholding
  6. farmhouse
  7. garden
  8. station
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
  • 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
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
  • Nobody complained when Pitt received the part of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a wealthy plantation owner in the late 18th century whom Lestat would eventually sire after Louis is consumed by grief over the death of his wife and child.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • 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
Definition of smallholding
Noun
  • Say goodbye to matching furniture sets, gray color schemes, and overdone modern farmhouse staples.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Business owner Jonathan Edwards, who typically goes by Jon, opened the business in 2001 and also lives in the original farmhouse on the grounds.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of farmhouse
Noun
  • Sample The Local Beer Gwinnett County’s first brewery, visit the relaxed tasting room and convivial beer garden at Slow Pour Brewing.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • As cooler weather rolls in, now is the perfect time to add mulch to your garden beds.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of garden
Noun
  • From there, the five networks distribute footage to their local station affiliates and paying subscribers, including The Washington Post, which is a digital subscriber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The stations are standardised, so capacity is added by replicating them, and this line is the blueprint for future local for local expansion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of station
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