Ranch

/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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 […].”

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

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

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Word Forms

• ranches
• ranching
• ranched

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