smallholding

noun

small·​hold·​ing ˈsmȯl-ˌhōl-diŋ How to pronounce smallholding (audio)
Synonyms of smallholdingnext
chiefly British
: a small farm
smallholder
ˈsmȯl-ˌhōl-dər How to pronounce smallholding (audio)
noun

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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 Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool. — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018 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 Today, farmers from 1,448 smallholdings, including representatives of 25 ethnic minority groups such as the Lahu and Wa, bring their crops to Nestlé’s spanking new Pu’er headquarters. — Time, 5 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1696, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of smallholding was in 1696

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