homestead

/hˈə‍ʊmstɛd/

/ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/

Homestead

a house, especially a farmhouse, with the land and buildings surrounding it

the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

to homestead

MAIN VERB

settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Examples

1. Homesteads are pristine.

2. Homesteading happiness in three steps.

3. For example, women could take homesteads.

4. Homesteads for Civil War soldiers were free.