homestead
pronunciation
How to pronounce homestead in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊmsted]
How to pronounce homestead in American English:
US [ˈhoʊmsted]
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- Noun:
- 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
- dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
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- Verb:
- settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
Word Origin
- homestead (n.)
- Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.
Synonym
Example
- 1. We must reestablish our homestead .
- 2. Mr. jobs met mr. wozniak while attending homestead high school in neighboring cupertino .
- 3. He had seen the tribulation of the homestead and mankind from his own tribulation .
- 4. Today , the home in which rachel was born is preserved by the rachel carson homestead association .
- 5. Then it comes to describe the sales strategy of the pearl homestead project after analyzing the real estate market and the characteristics of the project .