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ranch

[ ranch ]

noun

  1. an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
  2. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal:

    a mink ranch.

  3. the persons employed or living on a ranch.
  4. I’ll have the small salad, with ranch on the side.



verb (used without object)

  1. to manage or work on a ranch.

ranch

/ rɑːntʃ /

noun

  1. a large tract of land, esp one in North America, together with the necessary personnel, buildings, and equipment, for rearing livestock, esp cattle
    1. any large farm for the rearing of a particular kind of livestock or crop

      a mink ranch

    2. the buildings, land, etc, connected with it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to manage or run a ranch
  2. tr to raise (animals) on or as if on a ranch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • ranchless adjective
  • ranchlike adjective
  • un·ranched adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ranch1

An Americanism dating from 1800–10; from Spanish rancho “farm, cattle farm, ranch”; rancho
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ranch1

C19: from Mexican Spanish rancho small farm; see rancho
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Example Sentences

My late father grew up on a cattle ranch in Uruguay, where there are three times as many cows as people.

It is set at the time of the Great Depression and follows two ranch workers in California who move from place to place looking for work.

From BBC

Even though Neeleman's husband is unbelievably wealthy, she's not even permitted a space of her own on their sprawling ranch to dance, as her studio was turned into a classroom for her eight children.

From Salon

Jones and Ryder, both 37, saw the flames coming down a ridgeline overlooking the ranch they rent sometime around 11:30 p.m.

Two years later, the trees were planted along the long driveway leading to John Woodbury’s future home, under the supervision of ranch foreman Tom Hoag, according to the Christmas Tree Lane Assn.’s official history.

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