steading

noun

Definition of steadingnext
as in homestead

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  1. homestead
  2. manor
  3. plantation
  4. smallholding
  5. farmhouse
  6. garden
  7. station
  8. hacienda
Noun
  • At the center of the contempt hearing were Giuliani’s delays in turning over information about his professional services, phone numbers and other messaging accounts — information that could shed light on whether he is entitled to retain his Florida condo as his homestead.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Under Senate Bill 2—also known as the Property Tax Relief Act, which was approved by Texas lawmakers during the 2023 legislative session—the homestead exemption has increased from $40,000 to $100,000.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of homestead
Noun
  • Adjacent to the manor, the Soldier’s House is contemporary in design with a state-of-the-art kitchen connected to a cathedral living room and two upstairs bedrooms.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Between the sea and moor A roomy manor does not appeal to me.
    New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of manor
Noun
  • During the transatlantic slave trade, Tasso Island served as a plantation supplying food for captives and British troops stationed at nearby Bunce Island.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The old rice plantation on Butler Island also has personal significance for Mitchell—her paternal ancestors are from McIntosh County and may have been enslaved there.
    Melissa L. Cooper, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • 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
Definition of smallholding
Noun
  • In the bedrooms, a luxe farmhouse feel shines through thanks to soft color palettes and playful plaid designs paired with plush materials and mixed metal accents for a glamorous finishing touch.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man stars Julia Garner as Charlotte and Christopher Abbott as Blake in this tale of a family whose remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of farmhouse
Noun
  • Constructed with indigenous wood and bamboo and imbued with a vibrant flower garden, this rustic hotel provides guests with a glimpse into the traditional architecture and culture of Araucanía, with ten colorful rooms to choose from across the property.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Community gardens support neighborhoods, family life and community teamwork, while expanding children’s palates.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of garden
Noun
  • The Palisades Fire had by then spread to Malibu Beach, where a lifeguard station went up in flames and homes along the Pacific Coast Highway were also blazing like a string of Roman candles.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But the Democratic administration and some of its supporters cite restrictions on foreign ownership of radio stations and other sectors of the economy to justify the effort to counter Chinese influence in the TikTok ban.
    CBS News, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of station
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
Definition of hacienda
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