farmstead

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noun

The main building of a farm.

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farmplacefarm-place
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Meanings

nounfarmstead (plural farmsteads)

plural farmsteads

  1. The main building of a farm.
  2. A farm, including its buildings.

    Young people no longer work on the farmstead They go to school and to the big town instead

    1974, Tunji Oyelana, “Which Way Africa”

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna farm together with its buildings

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farmplacefarm-place
Broader
farm
Also see
farmplacehomestead

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From farm + stead, modelled after homestead.

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Translations

Danish stuehus, landejendom
  • stuehusmain building of a farm
  • landejendomfarm including its buildings
  • landstedfarm including its buildings
Dutch hoeve, hoeve
  • hoevemain building of a farm
  • hoevefarm including its buildings
German Bauernhaus, Gehöft
  • Bauernhausmain building of a farm
  • Gehöftfarm including its buildings
Hungarian tanya, majorság
  • tanyamain building of a farm
  • majorságmain building of a farm
  • tanyafarm including its buildings
  • majorságfarm including its buildings
Italian cascina, cascinale
  • cascinamain building of a farm
  • cascinalefarm including its buildings
  • fattoriafarm including its buildings
  • poderefarm including its buildings
  • tenutafarm including its buildings
Latin fundus
  • fundusmain building of a farm
Norwegian Bokmål våningshus, gård
  • våningshusmain building of a farm
  • gårdfarm including its buildings
  • bondegårdfarm including its buildings
Polish sadyba, sadyba
  • sadybamain building of a farm
  • sadybafarm including its buildings
Portuguese quintã, quintão
  • quintãfarm including its buildings
  • quintãofarm including its buildings
Romanian fermă, fermă
  • fermămain building of a farm
  • fermăfarm including its buildings
Russian уса́дьба, уса́дьба
  • уса́дьба (usádʹba)main building of a farm
  • уса́дьба (usádʹba)farm including its buildings
  • подво́рье (podvórʹje)farm including its buildings
  • ху́тор (xútor)farm including its buildings
  • фе́рма (férma)farm including its buildings
Ukrainian сади́ба, сади́ба
  • сади́ба (sadýba)main building of a farm
  • сади́ба (sadýba)farm including its buildings
  • подві́р'я (podvírʺja)farm including its buildings
  • ху́тір (xútir)farm including its buildings

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

farmstead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmstead

MLA

“farmstead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmstead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farmstead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farmstead.

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