ranch.
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
Meaning & usage
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
A ranch-style house.
Ranch dressing.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
To work on a ranch.
Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
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