farmsteading C2 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈfɑːrmˌstiː.dɪŋ/ UK /ˈfɑːmˌstiː.dɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun chiefly British or Scottish: a farmstead, especially the farmhouse and its surrounding farm buildings considered as a group Several stone barns formed a compact farmsteading beside the fields. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · chiefly british or... farmsteadfarm buildings Word family Forms farm-steadings Related forms farmsteadfarmhousesteading Etymology A compound of farm + steading. Steading is a Scottish and northern English noun for the site and buildings of a farm, from stead, 'place.' Farmsteading is now chiefly historical or regional. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # farmsteading **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfɑːrmˌstiː.dɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfɑːmˌstiː.dɪŋ/ ## Meanings 1. chiefly British or Scottish: a farmstead, especially the farmhouse and its surrounding farm buildings considered as a group ## Examples - Several stone barns formed a compact farmsteading beside the fields. ## Synonyms - farmstead - farm buildings ## Related Forms - farmstead - farmhouse - steading ## Etymology A compound of farm + steading. Steading is a Scottish and northern English noun for the site and buildings of a farm, from stead, 'place.' Farmsteading is now chiefly historical or regional. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown