homestead
1. home.stead \'ho-m-.sted, -st*d\ n 1a: the home and adjoining land occupied by a family 1b: an ancestral home 1c: HOUSE 2: a tract of land acquired from U.S. public lands by filing a record and l iving on and cultivating the tract 2. home.stead \-.sted\ \-.sted-*r\ vt : to acquire or occupy as a homestead to acquire or settle on land under a homestead law - home.stead.er n