Ranch

Quick meaning: Ranch is a noun meaning A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

Meaning

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

More Meanings

1. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
2. A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
3. (uncountable) Ranch dressing.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To work on a ranch.

Example Sentences

Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”

Word Forms

• ranches
• ranching
• ranched

Synonyms for ranch

Depending on context, synonyms include spread.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spread, rangeland, pasture, rancher, livestock, farmer.

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