farmhouse
Americannoun
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farmhouses
plural
noun
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a house attached to a farm, esp the dwelling from which the farm is managed
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Also called: farmhouse loaf. a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
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Origin of farmhouse
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But, after getting directions to Mark's farmhouse, he never arrived and Mark still wonders if it was him, or just a coincidence but really wants him to get in touch.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The youngest of four boys, Roberts grew up in the Scottish countryside, exploring the Bronze Age fort behind his farmhouse and a nearby castle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Their farmhouse was already old when I first saw it in 1966, complete with a chicken coop out back.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The family’s farmhouse is located in one of the many regions where wildfires are expanding across France, Spain, Italy, and Greece.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The farmhouse sat within the circle of trees they had seen from the driveway.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
The detached single-family house has been the great constant of American life, from the saltbox farmhouses of 17th-century New England to the modern mansions of 2020s suburbia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
From a window of one of those farmhouses, Shona Anderson looks out on to a view generations of families in the area thought might never exist.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
The farmhouses had only a few trees near them.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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