smallholding

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of smallholding According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool. Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018 Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters. Time, 5 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smallholding
Noun
  • Young’s other amendments included offering homestead exemptions to those 65 years old and older and an idea to address the maximum increase in property tax liability to 3% for local governments.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • How to visit The homestead is located about an hour’s drive from Portland, Maine.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The farmhouse, unoccupied for some years according to Noah, stood in early-spring drabness, its white paint peeling, its dark windows staring blankly.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In recent social media posts, the Texan design guru—who famously led the farmhouse frontier with the help of her hammer-wielding husband, Chip—modeled a long and flowy maxi dress that featured a muted blue and pink floral pattern and billowy long sleeves.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On her quest, Jones trawled through thick college archives and made difficult plantation visits.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The former cornfield and cashew plantation sits in the perfect microclimate to grow varietals like syrah and viognier and is among the pioneers of New Latitude Wines—grapes grown outside traditional latitudes 30 to 50 in both hemispheres.
    Lane Nieset, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Plant this native beauty in pollinator gardens to treat bees and butterflies.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Berton al Vista will be the hotel’s fine dining restaurant, Bianca Bistrot, the casual daytime restaurant located in the garden; two bars will be located in the library and on the rooftop affording views over the countryside and of the streets of the White City.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But after World War II, the lady of the manor moved her driver out and moved herself in.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Angus and Herefords graze in fields next to large manor homes on one-acre lots.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The grand swimming pool serves as the centerpiece of outdoor living inviting you to soak up the epic vistas, while a lush orchard stocked with a variety of fruit trees adds an earthy touch to the landscape.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Over time, rather than orchards, the land may support solar panels, beef cattle or wheat.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.
    DeAnna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
  • She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
    Natalia Torija Nieto, ELLE Decor, 28 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Kremlin troll farms and bots made social media into a national and then global weapon.
    Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The plan includes $500 million to upgrade biosecurity at poultry farms as well as $400 million in financial relief to farmers whose flocks have been decimated by the flu.
    TIM CARMAN THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Smallholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallholding. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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