"smallholding" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smallholdings [plural], small holding [alternative]
Etymology: From small + holding. Etymology templates: {{af|en|small|holding}} small + holding Head templates: {{en-noun}} smallholding (plural smallholdings)
  1. A small farm. Translations (small farm): husmandssted [neuter] (Danish), husmandsbrug [neuter] (Danish), pientila (Finnish), μικροκαλλιέργεια (mikrokalliérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), kisbirtok (Hungarian), törpebirtok (Hungarian), småbruk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), småbruk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-smallholding-en-noun-A6jfioTj Disambiguation of 'small farm': 90 7 4
  2. The owning of such a farm.
    Sense id: en-smallholding-en-noun-cAO6jHzq
  3. (US, historical) A small plantation or land with a small number of slaves (generally 19 or less). Tags: US, historical Categories (place): Places
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: landholding Related terms: landholder, smallholder
Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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