home farms
home farms is the plural of home farm.
Meaning of home farm
Noun
home farm (plural home farms)
- Part of a country estate that is farmed by the landowner or an employed farm manager, while most of the estate is rented out to tenant farmers.
- The produce of the home farm was mostly consumed in his own household. The rents, which he received from his tenants, did not exceed £100 per annum[.]1854, “The Old English Hall”, in The Illustrated Magazine of Art, volume 4, number 22, page 247
- Synonyms:
- mains
Questions about home farms
- What is home farms the plural of?
- Home farms is the plural of home farm.
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