smallholdings

noun

plural of smallholding, chiefly British
as in plantations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholdings
  1. plantations
  2. homesteads
  3. manors
  4. gardens
  5. haciendas
  6. orchards
  7. stations
  8. farms
Noun
  • The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.
    — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 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
  • And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Definition of manors
Noun
  • With their bright, gold-yellow blooms and intense fragrance, marigolds are a popular companion plant in many home gardens.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
  • The cafe presents a farm-to-table menu, sourcing much of its produce from the MAKE Farm, along with its on-site gardens and other local farms.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of gardens
Noun
  • 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
  • While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
    — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of haciendas
Noun
  • Chat up the people behind the region’s small ranches and orchards – Arata Farms, Kai’s Fresh Asian Produce, Alhambra Valley Beef & Pears – while enjoying live music and treats like fresh mini-doughnuts and Hawaiian-style popcorn.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Private river water rights supply irrigation, sustaining the gardens and orchards year-round.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
Definition of orchards
Noun
  • During the arraignment, a Warren County judge set his bond at $500,000, local television stations WLWT and FOX19 reported.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • In other stations on the factory floor, modules were taking shape for two houses that will replace houses lost in the Palisades fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of stations
Noun
  • Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of farms
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“Smallholdings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholdings. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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