- a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home.
- a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act.
- a house in an urban area acquired under a homesteading program.
- to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead: Pioneers homesteaded the valley.
- to acquire or settle on a homestead: They homesteaded many years ago.
- a town in S Florida.
- a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm
- (in the US) a house and adjoining land designated by the owner as his fixed residence and exempt under the homestead laws from seizure and forced sale for debts
- (in western Canada) a piece of land, usually 160 acres, granted to a settler by the federal government
- the owner's or manager's residence on a sheep or cattle station; in New Zealand the term includes all outbuildings
