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ranch Definition

ranch (ranc̸h)

noun

  1. a large farm, esp. in the W U.S., with its buildings, lands, etc., for the raising of cattle, horses, or sheep in great numbers
  2. any large farm devoted to the raising of a particular crop or livestock a fruit ranch
  3. all the people living and working on a ranch
  4. ranch house

Etymology: < rancho

intransitive verb

to work on or manage a ranch

transitive verb

to raise on a ranch

ranch Synonyms

ranch

n.

farm, cattle farm, sheep farm, plantation, grange, farmstead, ranchland, ranch house, ranch buildings, hacienda, dude ranch, rancho, spread*, holdout*; see also farm, property 2.

ranch Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • visit: It will be like visiting a boneless chicken ranch.
  • own: A large area of the North East of Brazil is divided into large ranches owned by a few families.

Adjective modifier

  • Australian: There are numerous different jobs you can do on an Australian ranch - from driving a tractor to feeding the animals.
  • remote: Pool on remote tomatoes parker ranch only or mph.
  • private: Its northern limit is shared between several private ranches.
  • huge: These were South American versions of their wild-west counterparts, making a rough, tough living, working on huge cattle ranches.
  • American: The region is basically a farming area, mostly cattle on a grand scale probably like the small American ranches.
  • large: One large ranch overlaps the core zone in about 25,000 ha.

Modifies a noun

  • foreman: The film then cuts sharply to a sterile mortuary and the rough face of ranch foreman Pete Perkins ( Tommy Lee Jones ).
  • fencing: There is a formal landscaped garden to the rear of the barn enclosed by ranch style fencing.
  • quot: Ranch quot he games two to an unknown to.
  • style: A further ranch style gate leads to a Second Paddock of some 320 ' x 61 ' .
  • house: A neat ranch house with a 15th century tower attached.
  • restaurant: Klein captures clay's or a dollar acres covered with upscale ranch restaurant.

Noun used with modifier

  • dude: Resorts, cabins, skiing, dude ranches, all the best of the West!
  • creek: The auto canada creek insurance ranch benefits of entail a major.
  • cattle: An example would be a sheep farm in North Wales or a cattle ranch in Brazil.
  • canada: The auto canada creek insurance ranch benefits of entail a major.
  • acre: We have a 300 acre orange ranch & I like to help my dad on the ranch.
  • guest: A working cattle and guest ranch located in the heart of Apache country in southern Arizona.

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