Definition of "farmstead" [farm•stead]

• A farm, including its land and buildings. (noun)

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• "There is even a growing movement among traditional American dairies to make their own cheeses right on the farm (called farmstead cheeses)."
• "Thorstein had a home in the Western Settlement at a certain farmstead, which is called Lysufirth."
• "The house they reside in -- it cannot be called a farmstead -- is a large villa-like mansion of recent erection, and fitted with every modern convenience."