Homestead is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HOMESTEAD in dictionary:

VERB:
• settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
NOUN:
• a dwelling-house with outhouses and enclosures immediately connected with it
• a house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings.
• a hut or cluster of huts occupied by one family or clan, standing alone or as part of a traditional African village.
• an area of land (usually 160 acres) granted to a settler in the West as a home.
• farmhouse plus the adjoining land
• The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.
• The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
• The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
• the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
• land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
• dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
• the owner's residence on a sheep or cattle station.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the home and adjoining land occupied by a family; an ancestral home; house

Words related to HOMESTEAD

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Words that contain HOMESTEAD

homesteads16 homesteaded18 homesteader17 homesteaders18 homesteading19 homesteadings20

How to use HOMESTEAD in a sentence

• In the following spring he proceeded to Ericsfirth, and selected a site there for his homestead.
• It slowed down in front of the Dorn homestead, turned into the yard, and stopped near where Dorn stood.
• Passing the Tilden homestead, we soon began the ascent of the mountain, following the superb new State road.
• It was a little homestead, far removed from the great world, where many old-time habits and customs were retained.
• Sitting there, eyes wide open, he dreamed of the old homestead and his white-haired mother.
• Where that city now stands was once the homestead of a colored man who came from Virginia and obtained it under the homestead law.
• I remained at the old homestead in Guilderland, in charge of his affairs, until the following year, when I also came to the west.
• Moreover he gave his homestead to Declan and his people were baptised.
• From this entrance, a pathway approached the homestead diagonally, and afforded charming views of the house and its surroundings.
• Instead, Grace Church, its garden and rectory cover the site of the old homestead.
• The second was the operation of the Homestead law passed in 1862.
• His homestead embraced the only water for miles in any direction, water that the upland cattlemen had used from time immemorial.
• Ephraim had a good house of his own, so he took his share of the property in land, and Atherton went to live in the old homestead.
• They, in the great majority of their numbers, are natives of the retired homestead.
• Escaping from the Comanches, he hurried to the Old Homestead to sit by the Grate Fire and tease the Cat.
• Somewhere out there, hidden away at the foot of the Cathills, lay his homestead, and the wife for whom he had abandoned all that his birth had entitled him to.
• She knew there was no homestead or ranch within miles of this region.
• It may be levied on the homestead as well as other property.
• It was the prettiest homestead in all the township, everybody said, and it had the prettiest name.
• The land adjoining the homestead was rich and fertile, and brought in every year a crop worth a goodly competence to its possessors.
• His wife, Mary died on the 30th of July, 1857, and both are buried in a private cemetery on the old homestead property, now owned by their grandson, John R.
• Thomas McLean, the youngest son, retained the old homestead, where, at an advanced age, he ended his earthly existence.
• They continued to live on this homestead until a few years ago, when their advancing ages made it necessary that they live with the children.
• Damon, and as they left behind them the shops and the Swift homestead, the two passengers were aware of their almost silent flight.
• No one cared for more land than a homestead or for immediate use.
• They burned the old Wetzel homestead and murdered the father, mother, two sisters, and a baby brother.
• In 1857 was elected to the United States Senate, where he urged the passage of the homestead bill, and on May 20, 1858, made his greatest speech on this subject.
• The homestead lands are plentifully manured, and consequently, with attention, produce good crops.
• So were men sent for to the next homestead, and soon came many folk, and brought the bodies to church.
• Ireland has always lived in the old homestead where she was born and married, and from whence her parents were removed by death.
• She even spoke of the excellent farm and homestead which Mr.
• Marcella was extraordinarily happy as she was taught what to do in the Homestead.
• When she got back to the Homestead everyone was ready for supper.
• When she came back from her work at the Homestead, where the relics of the party had to be cleared away, the two men had vanished.
• Twenty years later the homestead law was devised to more surely place actual homes in the possession of actual cultivators of the soil.

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