ranch
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ranch
- /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ UK
- /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/ US
- [ˈɹʷænt͡ʃ] US
- /ˈɹeə̯nt͡ʃ/
- [ˈɹʷeə̯nt͡ʃ]
- /ˈɹɛə̯nt͡ʃ/
- [ˈɹʷɛə̯nt͡ʃ]
Rhymes with -ɑːntʃ, -æntʃ
Where it 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.
noun ranches
- A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. 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 […].”
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A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
Similar: spread
- A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
- A ranch-style house.
- Ranch dressing.
verb ranches · ranching · ranched
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: spread, cattle farm, cattle ranch, rangeland, pasture, rancher, livestock, farmer, farmhouse, husbandry, plantation, farm, farmland, barb, mansion, manor
Translations
Every language
noun large plot of land
| Español | rancho |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 목장 mokjang |
| 日本語 | ランチ ranchi, 牧場 bokujō |
| 中文 | 牧場 /牧场 mùchǎng |
| Kiswahili | ranchi |
| Português | rancho |
| Français | ranch |
| Deutsch | Ranch |
| Русский | ра́нчо ránčo, фе́рма férma |
| Tiếng Việt | điền trang |
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