ranch
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1.9
- noun
- /ræntʃ/
- US
:
rancho
- He owns a large ranch in Texas that specializes in breeding horses.
- cattle ranch
- ranch owner
- own a ranch
Now five kids in a ranch out in Bastrop, TX.
- Now five kids in a ranch out in Bastrop, TX.
- And this weekend at the ranch, my girl brought her girl.
- So Eugenia was with him at his ranch and.
- We flew up to some ranch he bought in his plane.
- We got to the ranch and I sat outside fuming.
- But owning the ranch was not a positive experience for him.
- Just Jeffrey Star's yak ranch sells yak meat.
- It was the Karolyi Ranch down in Texas.
- La Hoya Del Mar, the ranch Point Loma, right?
- Plant based green energy, green ranch future.
Examples
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Why don't you go to my ranch and wait for me?
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The owner seeks to host tourists on the ranch in cabins he built for that purpose.
Academic text (2008) -
My father closed this Rose Ranch years ago.
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Somebody has to take care of this ranch your father left behind!
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Race you back to the ranch, Dad!
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We have a big farm ranch in San Diego.
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My aunt lived on a ranch.
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In August 2001, he went to his ranch for a long vacation.
Academic text (2011) -
The group eventually settled on a 2,000-acre ranch in Skull Valley, some three days' travel southwest.
Academic text (2008) -
He owns a horse ranch outside of El Paso.
Synonyms
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5.8
A simple house on land where people raise animals or grow food
12
5.2
A large area of land used for farming or raising animals
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2.8
A large farm where people raise many cows on wide land
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3.5
Land used for keeping animals like cows and horses
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1.6
A farm where cows are raised for meat, milk or other products
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Compounds
- US
4
5.9
A holiday place on a ranch where guests stay and try cowboy activities like horseback riding
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Etymology
Ranch comes from the Spanish word rancho, which in Mexico once meant a 'small farm' or a group of simple houses. In English the idea grew into a much larger kind of 'farm' for cattle and horses, so a ranch today is a large farm where animals are raised.