a house with the land and buildings around it, especially a farm （包括周圍土地和附屬房屋的）家宅；（尤指）農莊 What began as a small family homestead is now a 5 000-acre ranch. 起初的家庭小農莊現在已發展成5 000英畝的大牧場。
(in the US in the past) a piece of land given to somebody by the government on condition that they lived on it and grew crops on it 宅地（美國舊時由國家分給個人居住並開墾的土地）
Word OriginOld English hāmstede ‘a settlement’ (see home, stead).