farmhouse
(fɑːʳmhaʊs ) also farm house
Word forms: farmhouses
countable noun B1
A farmhouse is the main house on a farm, usually where the farmer lives.
She gave us the directions to a farmhouse on the outskirts of the town.
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Collocations:
farmhouse kitchen old farmhouse remote farmhouse
The main house has six bedrooms, a large farmhouse kitchen, a library, a games room and a sitting room with exposed beams.
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My plan indicates a large farmhouse kitchen, with dining area, on the west side, capturing those sunsets.
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Following a stylish recent restoration, there's now a farmhouse kitchen and a garden room with bifold doors leading out to the lawn.
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They also joined other farmers for a chat over tea and cake in the farmhouse kitchen.
The Sun
There's a fabulous farmhouse kitchen, and inglenook fireplaces and woodburning stoves will keep you cosy in the deep midwinter.
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The cookery course was in an old farmhouse draped in wistaria and surrounded by almond trees.
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The hotel consists of a series of stone buildings, with the main structure at the front being the old farmhouse.
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I grew up in the frozen north, in a creaky old farmhouse with no central heating.
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Better still, find an old farmhouse that's been lovingly restored by its artist owner and only put up for rent this summer.
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His home, an old farmhouse, is very remote.
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Living in a remote farmhouse too expensive to heat has compounded that pressing middle-aged urge to be cosy.
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Why did you buy this remote farmhouse in the middle of nowhere?
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They had been in the remote farmhouse for an hour and dawn was fast approaching.
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He had finished his shift but chose to join the hunt for a gang that had stolen a high-value quad bike from a remote farmhouse.
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Contact the local council or broadband campaign group and don't allow yourself to be deluded by the appeal of a remote farmhouse.
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Translations:
Chinese: 农舍
Japanese: 農家
- redolent
- redouble
- redouble efforts
- redoubt
- redoubtable
- redound
- red pepper
- redraft
- red rash
- redraw
- redraw a boundary
- redress
- redress an imbalance
- redress a wrong
- red shade
- red sun
- red tape
- red tape
- reduce
- reduce a backlog
- reduce a barrier
- reduce absenteeism
- reduce a delay
- reduce a hazard
- reduce a levy