croft
(noun) a small farm worked by a crofter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
croft (plural crofts)
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.
Synonym: quillet
croft (third-person singular simple present crofts, present participle crofting, simple past and past participle crofted)
(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
(transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
croft (plural crofts) (archaic)
An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
A cave or cavern.
croft (plural crofts)
(archaic) A carafe.
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Croft
A surname, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
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Source: Wiktionary
Croft (krft; 115), n. Etym: [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.]
Definition: A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
