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farmstead

farmstead noun: the main building of a farm.

farmstead: the main building of a farm
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Noun

farmstead (plural farmsteads)

  1. The main building of a farm.
  2. A farm, including its buildings.
    • Young people no longer work on the farmstead
      They go to school and to the big town instead1974, Tunji Oyelana, “Which Way Africa”

farmstead meaning in Tamil

farmstead in Tamil

பண்ணைமனை

Forms of farmstead

pluralfarmsteads

Origin of farmstead

From farm + stead, modelled after homestead.

Questions about farmstead

What does farmstead mean?
Farmstead means the main building of a farm.
What is farmstead in Tamil?
Farmstead in Tamil is பண்ணைமனை. See Farmstead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is farmstead?
Farmstead is a noun.
What is the plural of farmstead?
The plural of farmstead is farmsteads.

Words near farmstead in the dictionary

  1. farmstalls
  2. farmstand
  3. farmstands
  4. farmstay
  5. farmstays
  6. farmstead
  7. farmsteading
  8. farmsteadings
  9. farmsteads
  10. farmstock
  11. FarmTok

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: farmstead (page history and authors); farmstead (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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