smallholding

noun

Definition of smallholdingnext
chiefly British
as in homestead

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Recent Examples of smallholding 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 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
  1. homestead
  2. farmhouse
  3. plantation
  4. garden
  5. manor
  6. orchard
  7. hacienda
  8. croft
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
  • My family lived in an old Victorian farmhouse on a farmette, which included a barn and a barnyard.
    — Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Linda’s idea was to go off to this tiny farmhouse to the middle of nowhere in Scotland.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of farmhouse
Noun
  • This crop is no longer grown on the island, but a sort of plantation town vibe is still present.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The trees are the legacy of coconut plantations established more than a century ago.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of plantation
Noun
  • For this year’s show at Compton Verney, Cadogan has taken inspiration from British people who’ve written to her about losing beloved trees in their own gardens, or public spaces.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Hofvendahl’s garden was his pride and joy, even though the work was never-ending.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of garden
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
  • On Wednesday, some time after the military and police came to the orchard, the volunteers left the orchard entirely, Spiro said.
    — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Normally, the orchard's trees would be full of apples for customers to pick themselves this time of year.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of orchard
Noun
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hacienda
Noun
  • 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
Definition of croft

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