farmhouse

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farmhouse

  • /ˈfɑːmhaus/ UK

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From farm + house.

noun farmhouses · farm house · farm-house

  1. A farmer's residence. No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.
  2. A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming. Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: farmstead, farm, ranch, lock, house, residence, shut, close, firm, outright, resolute, homestead, steading, ranch house, country house, country cottage

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noun farmer's residence

Españolalquería
Françaisfermette
DeutschBauernhaus, Farmhaus
Italianocasale, casa colonica, casolare
Ελληνικάαγροικία agroikía

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@misc{farmhouse_2026,
  title = {farmhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farmhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}