English > farm: 4 senses > noun 1, artifactMeaning | workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit. |
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Example | "it takes several people to work the farm" |
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Parts | farmhouse | house for a farmer and family |
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farmyard | An area adjacent to farm buildings |
Narrower | chicken farm | farm where chickens are raised for sale |
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croft | A small farm worked by a crofter |
dairy, dairy farm | A farm where dairy products are produced |
farmplace, farm-place, farmstead | A farm together with its buildings |
grange | An outlying farm |
home-farm | A farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment |
piggery, pig farm | A farm where pigs are raised or kept |
ranch, spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm | farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) |
sewage farm | A farm that is irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage |
sheepwalk, sheeprun | farm devoted to raising sheep |
stud farm | A farm where horses are bred |
truck farm, truck garden | A farm where vegetables are grown for market |
vineyard, vinery | A farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced |
Broader | workplace, work | A place where work is done |
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Spanish | caserío, cortijo, estancia, finca, fundo, granja, hacienda, heredad, masía |
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Catalan | alqueria, granja, hisenda, masada, masia, mas, masoveria, pagesia |
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Verbs | farm | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques |
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farm | be a farmer |