Homestead Definition
hōmstĕd
homesteads
noun
A place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings.
Webster's New World
Property qualifying as a person's home under certain laws, such as laws providing tax abatements and exemptions, survivorship rights for spouse and children, and immunity from claims of creditors.
American Heritage
Such a place occupied by the owner and his family and exempted from seizure or forced sale to meet general debts.
Webster's New World
A tract of public land (160 acres by the Homestead Act of 1862) granted by the U.S. government to a settler to be developed as a farm.
Webster's New World
The place where one's home is.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- demesne
- estate
- plantation
- messuage
- country-seat
- country-house
- manor
- grange
- place of settlement
- home grounds
- farmstead
- home and grounds
- home place
- house
- hacienda
verb
To become a settler on a homestead.
Webster's New World
To settle on as a homestead.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Homestead
Noun
Singular:
homesteadPlural:
homesteads
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