farmhouse
Americannoun
plural
farmhousesnoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of farmhouse
Example Sentences
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He and his fourth wife, Argentine-born Luciana Pedraza, 40 years his junior, lived in a nearly 300-year-old farmhouse.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
He eventually settled 40 acres of land in southeastern Illinois, where he built a log cabin, the family’s first farmhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
The Lescoulies’ cows were in Venice; a Mr. Martin kept his on Primrose Avenue in Hollywood, where the early farmhouse was lately priced at about $2 million.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
The 17-acre island comes with a Victorian stone farmhouse that was inhabited until the 1970s but is now in "need of extensive renovation", according to Carter Jonas estate agents in Bangor.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
The Union column raced up the road and surrounded the farmhouse.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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