smallholdings

noun

plural of smallholding, chiefly British
as in plantations

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  1. plantations
  2. homesteads
  3. manors
  4. gardens
  5. haciendas
  6. orchards
  7. stations
  8. farms
Noun
  • The trees are the legacy of coconut plantations established more than a century ago.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Among those rescued were a female orangutan known as Mama Man and her infant, Man, who had been monitored for months in a small forest patch surrounded by plantations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of plantations
Noun
  • Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property.
    — Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Definition of homesteads
Noun
  • For a honeymoon, Ireland offers everything from castle estates and countryside manors to dramatic coastlines and quiet villages.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Definition of manors
Noun
  • Inside, furnishings are minimal, with timber and cool-toned stone alongside floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the landscaped gardens.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of gardens
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
  • The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of haciendas
Noun
  • The farm has 135 acres of apple orchards and is struggling to find enough fruit to make products for its market, including apple cider.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The grounds include multiple ponds, a secluded koi pond reached by a wooden bridge, mature fruit trees and orchards.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of orchards
Noun
  • Peppered between political content on the Bulletin’s social media feeds is a smattering of reels related to nonpolitical news, often featuring videos lifted directly from local TV stations.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said in a social media post that the soldiers were only recently allowed to use plastic restraint ties and only in areas around train stations, not throughout the city.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stations
Noun
  • Every year, Pigott and his son start thinking about the pumpkin in August, scouting farms in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Upstate New York.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Kenya pipeline expansion is part of Dangote’s plan to own a distribution network that includes regional tank farms and other pipelines that will connect the group’s refineries to prospective markets across the continent.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of farms
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