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croft

The correct spelling is croft.

How to pronounce croft

/kɹɑft/
noun

IPA: /kɹɑft/

Say it like: Cro-ft

The correct spelling is croft. An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to…

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
  2. 2.An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
  3. 3.A cave or cavern.
  4. 4.A carafe.

verb

  1. 1.To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
  2. 2.To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.

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