What is the meaning of homestead?

noun

  • The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family.
  • Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law.
  • Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land.

verb

  • Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead. .
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