Thesaurus results for CROFT

croft

noun

Definition of croft

chiefly British

as in tract

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as in homestead

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Recent Examples of croft That simple statement sums up not only the slender margin of survival in the crofts, but also the tectonic collision between waning subsistence living on the remote western islands and the explosion of excess and spending in 1990s mainland Scotland. — Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Crossing to Scotland, Lerwick adds Shetland ponies and stone crofts, Kirkwall delivers Norse-meets-Scottish history and Skara Brae-era vibes, and Edinburgh’s skyline crowns it with castle views before the elegant glide up the Thames to Greenwich. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, as the Highland Clearances violently removed tenant-farmer Scots from their crofts, the more communal, indoor instruments all but disappeared. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2025 Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967. — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022

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Noun

New disclosures from Johnson & Johnson and peer developers on cyclization and amino acid substitution techniques used to extend peptide stability in the GI tract.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Tech companies are eager for vast tracts to build data centers that can be as large as 70 football fields, and Townsite could set a precedent for similar projects on federal property with more than a dozen others in the planning stages.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of tract

Noun

If property tax revenue drops, property owners without a homestead exemption could face tax increases to offset the losses.

— Ted Scouten, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
For instance, Florida’s constitution limits annual increases in assessed homestead values to no more than 3%.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of homestead

Noun

Then there’s a clearing of throats, and like malware, the narratives begin to establish persistence over mood and multiply.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
The plaintiffs contend the administration has already begun implementing the larger redevelopment while attempting to treat tree-clearing and other preliminary work as separate maintenance projects.

— Rick Maese, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of clearing

Noun

The manor itself dates to the late 17th century and has been renovated by its current owners, who bought the property in 2019.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The drama turns on a young woman, victim of spike drinking at a lavish New Year’s Eve party in a remote manor.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of manor

Noun

The plaintiff’s petition, filed in Lake Superior Court, seeks injunctive relief over procedural matters involving the city’s plat and zoning approval process.

— Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026
The Project Ember site plan closely aligns with the location of a 153-acre plat that was conditionally approved by the Fort Worth City Planning Commission in mid-August.

— Emily Holshouser August 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of plat

Noun

The trees are the legacy of coconut plantations established more than a century ago.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Among those rescued were a female orangutan known as Mama Man and her infant, Man, who had been monitored for months in a small forest patch surrounded by plantations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of plantation

Noun

But if the urge to work up a sweat arises, there’s a heated outdoor swimming pool and a full-size grass tennis court.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Others still have the highway fences and are not cutting the grass and weeds growing up around the fence.

— Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of grass

Noun

The concise menu – which is chalked up each day on a blackboard – uses produce from the restaurant’s nearby smallholding.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Feb. 2026
Today, countless smallholdings here still tend to the crop, like Jackie Russell, who offers tours of her family’s farm, a 25-acre site producing the Sugarloaf.

— Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025

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