farmhouse

[US]/'fɑːmhaʊs/
[UK]/'fɑrm'haʊs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. main residence on a farm; the primary house on a farm, typically used for living or storing crops.

Phrases & Collocations

old farmhouse

rustic farmhouse

quaint farmhouse

Example Sentences

a rambling old farmhouse

the habitant farmhouses of old Quebec.

He lives in a farmhouse with a difference.

buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular.

We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.

a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction.

In our old Muskoka farmhouse on Oxtongue Lake, Mother was still cooking year-round on a wood stove.

The thieves lay low for a few days in a farmhouse, then tried to leave the country with the money.

She quite forgot Hurstwood's presence at times, and looked away to homely farmhouses and cosey cottages in villages with wondering eyes.

Snowball had made a close study of some back numbers of the Farmer and Stockbreeder which he had found in the farmhouse, and was full of plans for innovations and improvements.

Real-world Examples

The lawman paid two visits to Filipe Espinosa's farmhouse.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Claude Monet bought the Giverny farmhouse for his family in 1883.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

Outside a farmhouse when he was three.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

The news services works out of a building that once was a farmhouse.

Source: VOA Special March 2022 Collection

They finished packing and left the farmhouse, where they had hoped to be so happy.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

We rented an 18th-century farmhouse in Berkshire.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

They reside in a beautiful farmhouse in the countryside.

Source: English multiple choice exercise.

They live in a beautiful farmhouse in the countryside.

Source: English multiple choice exercise.

Everyone in the farmhouse got up early on Friday morning.

Source: American Elementary English 2

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