A homestead is:

• A farm with the buildings around it, see homestead (buildings)
• One's legal residence, see homestead (law)
• An area measure of 160 acres (650,000 m²), see homestead (area) and Homestead Act
• To homestead is to establish ownership of previously unowned property (usually but not exclusively land) by use, see homestead principle.
• Homestead is the name of two cities in the United States of America:
  • Homestead, Florida
  • Homestead, Pennsylvania