Thesaurus results for CROFT

croft

noun

Definition of croft

chiefly British

as in tract

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Recent Examples of croft That simple statement sums up not only the slender margin of survival in the crofts, but also the tectonic collision between waning subsistence living on the remote western islands and the explosion of excess and spending in 1990s mainland Scotland. — Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025 Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967. — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022

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Noun

Settlers bypassed local tribal bands and elevated a single Montaukett sachem to sign away vast tracts of land.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tract

Noun

The Grapevine family had failed to transfer ownership of its previous home, maintained an active homestead exemption on that property and had not updated a driver’s license.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
Amendment 3 proposes raising the homestead exemption on residents’ property taxes to $250,000 by 2028, a move that could save homeowners thousands annually but would also cost the state billions of dollars.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of homestead

Noun

Beat writing—its jumpy jazz rhythms light and alliterative, so unlike Faulkner’s sonorous throat clearings—did not jive with McCarthy’s other influences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
With lighter winds, dry air and clearing skies, conditions will be favorable for strong overnight cooling.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of clearing

Noun

The house combines several architectural styles — Romanesque arches on the tower, Renaissance window pediments, English-manor chimneys.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
After hours, Neo-Vision parks his body in the bar’s walk-in fridge and retreats to a mind palace modeled after a British country manor.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of manor

Noun

As of Monday the permits have yet to be approved, Ortega said, adding that the light and the roadway must be built before the final plat is recorded and residents move it.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026
The plaintiff’s petition, filed in Lake Superior Court, seeks injunctive relief over procedural matters involving the city’s plat and zoning approval process.

— Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of plat

Noun

Until now, Eastside Golf’s distribution strategy centered around independent sneaker stores such as Sneaker Politics; lifestyle retailers including Nordstrom; performance shops such as Golf Galaxy, and green grass stores including Pebble Beach.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
There is grass on the pitch as well, making batting difficult throughout the test.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.

— Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025

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