homestead

homestead has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
• n.. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
• n.. The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
• n.. dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
• n.. land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
• n.. the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
• v.. settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead