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farmhouse

/ˈfɑːmhaus/

farmhouse noun: a farmer's residence.

farmhouse: a farmer's residence
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Noun

farmhouse (plural farmhouses)

  1. (traditionally and archetypally) A farmer's residence.
    • No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 222
  2. A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.
    • Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center.
    • The couple live in a renovated farmhouse that was once the hub of a 300-acre farm.

farmhouse meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

farmhouse in Hindi

फार्महाउस

farmhouse in Marathi

शेतमालाचे घर, फार्महाऊस

farmhouse in Bengali

খামারবাড়ি, খামারঘর

farmhouse in Telugu

ఫామ్హౌస్, వ్యవసాయ గృహం
More languagesFewer languages
farmhouse in Malayalam
ഫാംഹൌസ്, ഫാമ്ഹൌസ്
farmhouse in Kannada
ತೋಟದ ಮನೆ
farmhouse in Punjabi
ਫਾਰਮਹਾਊਸ, ਫਾਰਮਹਾਉਸ
farmhouse in Gujarati
ફાર્મહાઉસ
farmhouse in Odia
ଫାର୍ମହାଉସ୍, ଫାର୍ମହାଉସ
farmhouse in Nepali
फार्महाउस, फार्महाउस्

Examples of farmhouse in a sentence

  • I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.
  • Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
  • The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.

All 30 example sentences with farmhouse

Forms of farmhouse

pluralfarmhouses
alternative formfarm house
alternative formfarm-house

Plural of farmhouse: farmhouses

Origin of farmhouse

From farm + house.

Words formed from farmhouse

Phrases with farmhouse

Questions about farmhouse

What does farmhouse mean?
Farmhouse means a farmer's residence.
What is farmhouse in Hindi?
Farmhouse in Hindi is फार्महाउस. See Farmhouse meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is farmhouse?
Farmhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce farmhouse?
Farmhouse is pronounced /ˈfɑːmhaus/ (UK).
What is the plural of farmhouse?
The plural of farmhouse is farmhouses.

Words near farmhouse in the dictionary

  1. farmholder
  2. farmholders
  3. farmholding
  4. farmholdings
  5. farmholds
  6. farmhouse
  7. farmhouse loaf
  8. farmhouse loaves
  9. farmhouse sink
  10. farmhouses
  11. farmhousey

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: farmhouse (page history and authors); farmhouse (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); farmhouse (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); farmhouse (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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