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[ ranch ] / ræntʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ranch ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch. a dude ranch. the persons employed or living on a ranch. ranch house. ranch dressing: I’ll have the small salad, with ranch on the side. verb (used without object)to manage or work on a ranch. Origin of ranchAn Americanism dating from 1800–10; from Spanish rancho “farm, cattle farm, ranch”; see origin at rancho OTHER WORDS FROM ranchranchless, adjectiveranchlike, adjectiveun·ranched, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ranchranch , wrenchDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ranchNathan learned everything he could about farming and ranching. ‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas|Nick Kotz|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a boy in Alamo, a tiny Mormon ranching community in Lincoln County 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Lamb was one of 11 children. The Cowboy Sheriff of Las Vegas Rides Into ‘Mob Museum’|John L. Smith|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Droughts have always been part of farming and ranching in the hardest-hit areas of the Midwest. Midwest Drought Forces South Dakota Farmers and Ranchers to Abandon Crops and Thin Herds|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST Agriculture is everywhere impossible, though some of the better timbered parts might make good winter ranching country. The African Colony|John Buchan
Some pioneers from the East had settled inland after California had been separated from Mexico, and were ranching and farming. Historic Adventures|Rupert S. Holland There are many bitter men here—men who have failed at ranching. The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey I tell you right here, aunt, that man's worse than scurvy in our ranching world. The Story of the Foss River Ranch|Ridgwell Cullum With settlers would come well-boring, irrigation, farming, and ranching. The Road Builders|Samuel Merwin
British Dictionary definitions for ranch
nouna large tract of land, esp one in North America, together with the necessary personnel, buildings, and equipment, for rearing livestock, esp cattle - any large farm for the rearing of a particular kind of livestock or cropa mink ranch
- the buildings, land, etc, connected with it
verb(intr) to manage or run a ranch (tr) to raise (animals) on or as if on a ranch Word Origin for ranchC19: from Mexican Spanish rancho small farm; see rancho 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 Words related to ranchplantation, land, estate, dairy farm, homestead, hacienda, acreage, farmstead |