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farmstead

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The main building of a farm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A farm, including its buildings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a farm together with its buildings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farmplace, farm-place

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farm

4

noun

Meaning 4

the buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land

History

Etymology

From farm + stead, modelled after homestead.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: сядзі́ба (sjadzíba) — main building of a farm
  • Danish: stuehus — main building of a farm
  • Dutch: hoeve — main building of a farm
  • German: Bauernhaus — main building of a farm
  • Hungarian: tanya — main building of a farm
  • Hungarian: majorság — main building of a farm
  • Italian: cascina — main building of a farm
  • Latin: fundus — main building of a farm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våningshus — main building of a farm
  • Polish: sadyba — main building of a farm
  • Romanian: fermă — main building of a farm
  • Russian: уса́дьба (usádʹba) — main building of a farm
  • Ukrainian: сади́ба (sadýba) — main building of a farm
  • Armenian: ագարակ (agarak) — farm including its buildings
  • Belarusian: сядзі́ба (sjadzíba) — farm including its buildings
  • Belarusian: падво́р'е (padvórʺje) — farm including its buildings
  • Belarusian: ху́тар (xútar) — farm including its buildings
  • Danish: landejendom — farm including its buildings
  • Danish: landsted — farm including its buildings
  • Dutch: hoeve — farm including its buildings
  • German: Gehöft — farm including its buildings
  • Hungarian: tanya — farm including its buildings
  • Hungarian: majorság — farm including its buildings
  • Ingrian: tila — farm including its buildings
  • Ingrian: maapaikka — farm including its buildings
  • Italian: cascinale — farm including its buildings
  • Italian: fattoria — farm including its buildings
  • Italian: podere — farm including its buildings
  • Italian: tenuta — farm including its buildings
  • Mòcheno: hoff — farm including its buildings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gård — farm including its buildings
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bondegård — farm including its buildings
  • Polish: sadyba — farm including its buildings
  • Portuguese: quintã — farm including its buildings
  • Portuguese: quintão — farm including its buildings
  • Romanian: fermă — farm including its buildings
  • Russian: уса́дьба (usádʹba) — farm including its buildings
  • Russian: подво́рье (podvórʹje) — farm including its buildings
  • Russian: ху́тор (xútor) — farm including its buildings
  • Russian: фе́рма (férma) — farm including its buildings
  • Scots: toun — farm including its buildings
  • Ukrainian: сади́ба (sadýba) — farm including its buildings
  • Ukrainian: подві́р'я (podvírʺja) — farm including its buildings
  • Ukrainian: ху́тір (xútir) — farm including its buildings