smallholding

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of smallholding According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool. Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018 Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters. Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
  • Gilbert was founded in 1891 when the first homestead was purchased in the area.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • As 15 States Hit With Winter Weather Warning Landslides, Flash Floods Leave 16 Dead, Six Missing The landslides affected an area of about 50 acres, including homesteads and agricultural land situated on a downhill slope.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Wheeler Farm: Meet Santa on the farmhouse porch and take a wagon ride through the light displays 5-7pm each Friday through Dec. 20.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Through reclaimed barn wood doors is the formal dining room, which sits ahead of the chef’s kitchen that fitted with a Viking range, a farmhouse sink, and breakfast bar seating.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • His father worked as a merchant and manager of a nearby cotton plantation.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In the early 1860s, plantations in the American South produced 75 percent of the cotton used around the globe.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Fill with garden soil or mulch to a depth of about 6 to 8 inches.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Up on the roof, the secret garden has been carved out of one of the building’s historic turrets.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Many home logos utilize a name as a starting point, incorporating words such as cottage, bungalow, manor and hall before adding other area details.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The festivities started with a welcome party at an old manor called Casa Dos Penedos in Sintra.
    Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • At the end of the orchard, Ed shot again, but there was no triumphant announcement that time.
    Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Increasingly popular nut tree orchards don’t provide a vegetative understory.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.
    DeAnna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
  • She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
    Natalia Torija Nieto, ELLE Decor, 28 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • And the haul of prospects that a Kyle Tucker trade would supply the organization would help reset their farm system that has snuck down to dead-last in baseball.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Stearns is confident that the farm system is in a good enough place to be able to make up for any talent dealt in trades.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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