farmstead

noun — 2 senses

farmstead

noun

Etymology From farm + stead, modelled after homestead.

1

The main building of a farm.

2

A farm, including its buildings.

  • Young people no longer work on the farmstead They go to school and to the big town instead1974, Tunji Oyelana, “Which Way Africa”:
Related terms
farmsteading

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