farm-place
Noun: A farm-place is a farm considered together with its buildings and structures. It refers to the entire agricultural property, including the land, farmhouse, barns, sheds, and other outbuildings as a single unit.
The term "farm-place" is used to describe a farm's complete physical establishment. It emphasizes the combination of the cultivated land and the built environment essential for its operation. * The old farm-place had been in the family for generations, with the same red barn and farmhouse. * They were looking to buy a small farm-place with a few acres and a stable.
- The term can evoke a sense of a working, functional unit or a historical property.
- The historic farm-place has been preserved as a museum to show 19th-century agricultural life.
- Farmstead (noun): A very close synonym, also meaning a farm and its buildings.
- Homestead (noun): Can be similar but often implies a dwelling with its land and outbuildings, sometimes with a focus on the family home.
- Ranch (noun): A large farm, especially in North America, for raising cattle, horses, or sheep, together with its buildings.
Farmstead, agricultural holding, grange.
"Farm-place" is a compound noun. It is less common in everyday modern English than "farmstead" but is perfectly understandable and used, particularly in descriptive or historical contexts.
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a farm together with its buildings
