lifestyle block

noun

A small farm that is not the resident owner's primary source of income, or a large residence that includes some agricultural features.

Meanings

nounlifestyle block (plural lifestyle blocks)

plural lifestyle blocks

  1. New ZealandA small farm that is not the resident owner's primary source of income, or a large residence that includes some agricultural features.

    His parents had a lifestyle block. They called it their life sentence.

    2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 57
    1 more example

    Keep checking your home and farm security – thieves never sleep and rustling small mobs of stock on lifestyle blocks is on the rise.

    2009 January 3, “Farming Diary for March”, in LSB

    Synonyms: gentleman farm, hobby farm

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small farm that is not the resident owner's primary source of income, or a large residence that includes some agricultural features.

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Chicago

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