1. Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
   "The family's homestead had been in their possession for generations"
    
2. The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
   "They spent summers at their rural homestead"
    
3. Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
   "Their ancestors obtained their farm through the Homestead Act of 1862"

1. Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
   "Many families homesteaded in the American West during the 19th century"

Derived forms: homesteaded, homesteads, homesteading

Type of: abode, acres, demesne, domicil [rare], domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, estate, habitation, home, land, landed estate, settle

Encyclopedia: Homestead, Oklahoma