ranchette
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- noun
- /ræŋˈʃɛt/
- US
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rancheta
- Lots of folks from out of state moved there; big recreational ranches and ranchettes popped up all over.
- acre ranchettes
- ranchette development
- ranchette-type parcels
Examples
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Life looks easier here, out from the trees, on ranchettes behind fanciful wrought-iron gates.
Fiction book (2002) -
It is destined to be diced into five 300-acre tracts, where developers plan to build ranchettes and a possible road through the heart of what has been, until now, a relatively undesecrated sacred site.
Blog text (22) -
"Ranchettes." - Can I help you? - Are you Mrs. Bovie?
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ln other words, no houses, no condos and no ranchettes.
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This class identifies very low-density development, including "ranchette" development in the western United States, which occurs typically at 1 unit per 35-45 acres.
Academic text (2001) -
Ranchettes along the Colorado Front Range and exposed peatlands in Malaysia create similar opportunities for fire.
Academic text (2008) -
The problem of invasive weeds is therefore linked, in part, to early efforts to intensify land use on the ranchettes.
Academic text (2008) -
The next time we met at her place, on Fir Street, a ranchette-like spread that seemed to have been decorated by spirits too angry to have names in English, she said it was fate, a word she even bothered to spell for the houseguest in the three-piece suit.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many people are opting for a ranchette lifestyle, where they can enjoy nature while still living comfortably.
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The small ranchette by the river is perfect for hobby farming and weekend retreats.
Synonyms
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A simple house on land where people raise animals or grow food
A small piece of land where a family grows food and keeps animals
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Etymology
Ranchette is simply ranch with the French ending -ette, which means 'little', like in kitchenette. So a ranchette is a 'little' ranch, a small home farm where people keep a few animals or grow vegetables.