homestead

Meaning

Noun

1. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
2. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
3. The place that is one's home.
4. A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
5. (obsolete) The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

Verb

1. To acquire or settle on land as a homestead.
2. To appropriate an unowned, scarce means, and thereby gain ownership of it.

Concepts

homestead

farmstead

dwelling place

farm

grange

home

dwelling

farmplace

house

residence

farm-place

at home

estate

land

property

farmhouse

settlement

town

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English hamstede through an unattested Middle English word. Cognate with German Heimstatt, Dutch heemstede and Swedish hemstad. By surface analysis, home + stead.