steading
Definition
- Noun:
- Farmstead: "Steading" refers to a farmhouse and the buildings and land associated with it, typically forming a single unit or homestead.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The old steading had been in the family for generations, with its barns and fields stretching out behind the main house. (The entire farm property, including the house and outbuildings.)
- They bought a small steading in the Highlands to start a sheep farm. (A rural property with a house and agricultural buildings.)
Advanced Usage
- "to work the steading": to manage or labor on the farmstead.
- After his father's death, he returned to work the steading. (He took over the operation of the farm.)
Variants and Related Words
- Stead (n): a place or position; also, a farm or property (archaic).
- He took his father's stead in the business. (He assumed his father's role.)
- Farmstead (n): a synonym for steading, more commonly used in American English.
- The farmstead included a large red barn and a white farmhouse.
Synonyms
- Farm: a tract of land used for agriculture.
- Homestead: a house and its associated land, especially a farm.
- Estate: a large property with a house and land.
Phrasal Verbs
Related Idioms
- "to stand in good stead": to be useful or beneficial in the future (using the related word "stead").
- His experience on the family steading stood him in good stead when he started his own farm. (His past work was helpful later.)