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1homestead
noun home·stead \ˈhōm-ˌsted, -stid\
: a house and the farmland it is on
: a piece of government land that a person could acquire by living on it and farming it when the western part of the U.S. was being settled
Full Definition of HOMESTEAD
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: a tract of land acquired from United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating the tract
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First Known Use of HOMESTEAD
before 12th century
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Rhymes with HOMESTEAD
abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed
2homestead
verb home·stead \-ˌsted\
: to settle on goverment land and farm it
Full Definition of HOMESTEAD
transitive verb
: to acquire or occupy as a homestead
intransitive verb
: to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law
— home·stead·er \-ˌste-dər\ noun
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First Known Use of HOMESTEAD
1872
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Homestead
geographical name Home·stead \ˈhōm-ˌsted\
Definition of HOMESTEAD
city SE Florida SW of Miami pop 60,512
HOMESTEADER Defined for Kids
1homestead
noun home·stead \ˈhōm-ˌsted\
Definition of HOMESTEAD for Kids
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: a home and the land around it
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: a piece of land gained from United States public lands by living on and farming it
2homestead
verb
home·stead·edhome·stead·ing
Definition of HOMESTEAD for Kids
: to acquire or settle on public land for use as a homestead
— home·stead·er \ˈhōm-ˌste-dər\ noun
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