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farmhouses

farmhouses is the plural of farmhouse.

Meaning of farmhouse

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.

Questions about farmhouses

What is farmhouses the plural of?
Farmhouses is the plural of farmhouse.

Words near farmhouses in the dictionary

  1. farmholds
  2. farmhouse
  3. farmhouse loaf
  4. farmhouse loaves
  5. farmhouse sink
  6. farmhouses
  7. farmhousey
  8. farmhousy
  9. farmier
  10. farmiest
  11. farming

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