SMALLHOLDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smallholding mean? 

• SMALLHOLDING (noun)
  The noun SMALLHOLDING has 1 sense:

1. a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation

  Familiarity information: SMALLHOLDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMALLHOLDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("smallholding" is a kind of...):

acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)