farm-steading

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• farm steading — farmˈ place, farmˈstead, farm steading or (Scot) farmˈ toun / tŭn/ noun A farmhouse with buildings belonging to it • • • Main Entry: ↑farm …   Useful english dictionary

• farm-toun — farmˈ place, farmˈstead, farm steading or (Scot) farmˈ toun / tŭn/ noun A farmhouse with buildings belonging to it • • • Main Entry: ↑farm …   Useful english dictionary

• farm-place — noun a farm together with its buildings • Syn: ↑farmplace, ↑farmstead • Hypernyms: ↑farm * * * farmˈ place, farmˈstead, farm steading or (Scot) farmˈ toun / tŭn/ noun …   Useful english dictionary

• Steading — Stead ing (st[e^]d [i^]ng), n. The barns, stables, cattle yards, etc., of a farm; called also {onstead}, {farmstead}, {farm offices}, or {farmery}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• farm offices — Steading Stead ing (st[e^]d [i^]ng), n. The barns, stables, cattle yards, etc., of a farm; called also {onstead}, {farmstead}, {farm offices}, or {farmery}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• farm — Synonyms and related words: Arcadian, Dymaxion house, White House, acreage, adobe house, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agronomic, allotment, arable, arable land, barnyard, barton, be killed, breed, bucolic, building, casa, cattle ranch,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• steading — noun Etymology: Middle English steding, from stede place, farm Date: 15th century 1. a small farm 2. chiefly Scottish the service buildings or area of a farm …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• farm — n 1. grange, homestead, farmstead, farm place, Archaic. farmhold, Brit. farmery, Brit. croft, Brit. homecroft, Scot, and North Eng. steading; ranch, rancho, rancheria, hacienda; plantation, manor, manor farm, Inf. spread. v 2. cultivate, dress,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• steading — /sted ing/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a farm, esp. its buildings. [1425 75; late ME (north and Scots); see STEAD, ING1] * * * …   Universalium

• steading — stead•ing [[t]ˈstɛd ɪŋ[/t]] n. Chiefly Scot. scot. a farm, esp. its buildings • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME (north and Scots); see stead, ing I …   From formal English to slang