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ranch
[ranch]
noun
an 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.
I’ll have the small salad, with ranch on the side.
verb (used without object)
to manage or work on a ranch.
ranch
/ rɑːntʃ /
noun
a 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 crop
a 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
Other Word Forms
- ranchless adjective
- ranchlike adjective
- unranched adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ranch1
Example Sentences
Beef experts say that Argentina’s beef exports are just a small fraction of U.S. consumption and won’t instantaneously collapse the domestic ranching industry.
This summer, Fish and Wildlife staff spent 18,000 hours engaging in 95 hazing operations across 114 days at 18 ranches.
The family now also owns a home and working farm and ranch in Hawaii, where they throw CZI retreats with team building and karaoke, and a home in Lake Tahoe.
The Mitchell family, which has owned the Longfellow Ranch for decades, is eyeing additional opportunities that may triple the data center capacity on the ranch once Project Horizon is completed.
The couple had recently moved from the remote ranching town of Stinnett in the Texas panhandle, and the recruiter seemed to appreciate their Southern drawl.
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