lifestyle block

English

Noun

lifestyle block (plural lifestyle blocks)

1. (New Zealand) A small farm that is not the resident owner's primary source of income, or large residence that includes some agricultural features.
   • 2009 January 3, “Farming Diary for March”, in LSB:

     Keep checking your home and farm security – thieves never sleep and rustling small mobs of stock on lifestyle blocks is on the rise.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 57:

     His parents had a lifestyle block. They called it their life sentence.

Synonyms

• hobby farm
• gentleman farm