HOMESTEAD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):

acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)

Derivation:

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

Meaning:

The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):

land (the land on which real estate is located)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "homestead" is one way to...):

settle (form a community)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

homesteader (someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it)