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smallholding

UK/ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/US/ˈsmɔlˌ(h)oʊldɪŋ/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: smallholdings

A smallholding is a very small farm, worked by one family. Run a smallholding.

It rarely pays on its own, which is why almost everybody on one has other income. A smallholding produces a great deal for its size, because every corner is used.

McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of smallholding

  1. 1nounsmallholdingA very small farm, worked by one family.C1

    “The smallholding was six acres and fed four people.”

smallholding is a farm.

Where it comes from

From small + holding.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Farm & Countryside

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smallholding in the wild

  • A smallholding is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model and managed by a smallholder.

    Smallholding

  • As a country becomes more affluent, smallholdings may not be self-sufficient.

    Smallholding

  • Marwick's father was a travelling salesman who had a smallholding in the parish of Evie, to the north of Mainland, Orkney.

    Ernest Marwick

  • The local economy is mainly based on traditional smallholding.

    Geliniatika

  • The author Adrian Bell farmed a smallholding in the village during World War II.

    Redisham

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.