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Definition of "ranch" []

  • An extensive farm, especially in the western United States, on which large herds of cattle, sheep, or horses are raised. (noun)
  • A large farm on which a particular crop or kind of animal is raised: a mink ranch. (noun)
  • A house in which the owner of an extensive farm lives. (noun)
  • To manage or work on a ranch. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ranch" in a sentence
  • "I have always thought how wonderful it would be to have a big old ranch house *meaning a house on a ranch, not a 3-2 postwar ranch* and build smaller houses out back for my folks, her folks, etc."
  • "ahh he stole the idea from a guy in texas who has the 'cadillac ranch'..it's nothing but cadd's all up ended all over his ranch..."
  • "The dipping of pizza (and many other foods) in ranch is prevalent in both!"