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homestall

homestall noun: place of a home; homestead.

Noun

homestall (plural homestalls)

  1. Place of a home; homestead.
    • Thy cocoas and bananas, palms and yams,
      And homestall thatched with leaves1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC

Forms of homestall

pluralhomestalls

Origin of homestall

From Middle English homstal, hamstal, from Old English hāmsteall (“homestead; residence”), equivalent to home + stall.

Questions about homestall

What does homestall mean?
Homestall means place of a home; homestead.
What part of speech is homestall?
Homestall is a noun.
What is the plural of homestall?
The plural of homestall is homestalls.

Words near homestall in the dictionary

  1. homespace
  2. homespaces
  3. homespun
  4. homespunness
  5. homespuns
  6. homestall
  7. homestalls
  8. homestand
  9. homestanding
  10. homestandings
  11. homestands

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