homestead

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family

Definition categories: possession, land

2. land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

Definition categories: possession, acres, demesne, estate, land

3. dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land

Definition categories: man–made, abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home

verb

1. settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead

Definition categories: change, settle