farmhouse

[fahrm-hous]

noun

plural

farmhouses 

1. a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.

farmhouse

/ ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a house attached to a farm, esp the dwelling from which the farm is managed

2. Also called: farmhouse loaf. a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top

Word History and Origins

Origin of farmhouse¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; farm + house

Example Sentences

The sky was streaked with spiraling ribbons of smoke that rose from farmhouse chimneys and disappeared into the orange blaze of the sunset.

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Without being told, Timothy turned the carriage down a side road that led to some humble farmhouses nearby.

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The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.

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Starting in a landscaping shed in the West, the tunnel went down 9 feet and burrowed toward the yard of a farmhouse on the other side of the wall, 250 feet away.

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I grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, where we lived in a white farmhouse on a ranch that sheltered a variety of rescue animals.

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