croft

[ krawft, kroft ]

/ krɔft, krɒft /

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noun British.

a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.

a small plot of ground adjacent to a house and used as a kitchen garden, to pasture one or two cows, etc.; a garden large enough to feed a family or have commercial value.

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Origin of croft

before 1000; Middle English, Old English: small field

Words nearby croft

crocoite, crocosmia, crocus, crocus sack, Croesus, croft, crofter, crofting, crog, croggy, Crohn's disease

Other definitions for croft (2 of 2)

croft²

[ krawft, kroft ]

/ krɔft, krɒft /

noun

a small, portable filing cabinet of table height, having drop leaves for use as a table.

Origin of croft

Named after the Reverend Sir Herbert Croft (1757–1816), lexicologist, its inventor

How to use croft in a sentence

Many are responding by saying all this is as absurd as men demanding Lara Croft be suddenly replaced by a male.
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Eighty years after its publication, the eipc saga of croft farmers and their struggles is still selling steadily.
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And the sensual vocal interplay between Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim is still the best in the game.
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It happened a decade ago, when she was in Cambodia shooting the action movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Angelina Jolie Discusses New Film and Humanitarian Work With Tina Brown|Ramin Setoodeh|December 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Sir Richard Croft, a fashionable accoucheur of that time, was in attendance upon her with other physicians.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
The Balfours, I take it, were plainly Celts; their name shows it—the “cold croft,” it means; so does their country.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Who would grub out his life in the same croft, when he has free-warren of all fields between this and Rhine?
The Saint's Tragedy|Charles Kingsley
Croft Church is a half-brown, half-grey old building of mixed materials and of most evident age.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
In this church Bishop Burnet may have listened to his first sermon, for it was at Croft that he was born.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various

British Dictionary definitions for croft

croft

/ (krɒft) /

noun British

a small enclosed plot of land, adjoining a house, worked by the occupier and his family, esp in Scotland

Lancashire dialect a patch of wasteland, formerly one used for bleaching fabric in the sun

Word Origin for croft

Old English croft; related to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field, Old English creopan to creep

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