homestead: Meaning and Definition of

home•stead

1. a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
2. any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home.
3. a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act.
4. a house in an urban area acquired under a homesteading program.

1. to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead: Pioneers homesteaded the valley.

1. to acquire or settle on a homestead: They homesteaded many years ago.

Home•stead

1. a town in S Florida. 20,668.