ALL meanings of homestead
home·stead
H h - noun homestead a town in S Florida. 1
- verb with object homestead to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead: Pioneers homesteaded the valley. 1
- verb without object homestead to acquire or settle on a homestead: They homesteaded many years ago. 1
- noun homestead property: house, home 1
- noun homestead property acquired by squatting or settling 1
- noun homestead A house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings. 1
- countable noun homestead A homestead is a farmhouse, together with the land around it. 0
- countable noun homestead In United States history, a homestead was a piece of government land in the west, which was given to someone so they could settle there and develop a farm. 0
- noun homestead a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm 0
- noun homestead (in the US) a house and adjoining land designated by the owner as his fixed residence and exempt under the homestead laws from seizure and forced sale for debts 0
- noun homestead (in western Canada) a piece of land, usually 160 acres, granted to a settler by the federal government 0
- noun homestead the owner's or manager's residence on a sheep or cattle station; in New Zealand the term includes all outbuildings 0
- noun homestead a place where a family makes its home, including the land, house, and outbuildings 0
- noun homestead such a place occupied by the owner and his family and exempted from seizure or forced sale to meet general debts 0
- noun homestead 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 0
- intransitive verb homestead to become a settler on a homestead 0
- verb transitive homestead to settle on as a homestead 0