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sheeprun

sheeprun

9.6
A large farm where people raise many sheep
  • noun
  • /ˈʃiːpˌrʌn/
  • Australian
translation icon : pastizal
  • The old family sheeprun covers thousands of acres in the outback.

Examples

  • He inherited the sheeprun from his uncle and now manages hundreds of sheep.

  • Many farmers in Australia own a sheeprun.

  • After a dry season, the sheeprun struggled to provide enough pasture.

  • The sheeprun covers over 500 acres.

  • He inherited the sheeprun from his uncle and now manages hundreds of sheep.

  • The old family sheeprun covers thousands of acres in the outback.

  • After a dry season, the sheeprun struggled to provide enough pasture.

Synonyms

sheepwalk
vssheeprun
  • UK
8.6

Land where sheep eat grass and live

is a large area for raising sheep without stressing grazing as main use

How Big

ranch
  • US
303 1.9
sheeprun
  • Australian
9.6
pasture
102 1.4
paddock
8 3.4

Surface Forms

sheeprun singular
sheepruns plural

Morphology

sheeprun = sheep + run (semi-transparent) = sheep + run

Formally a clear compound 'sheep' + 'run', but the noun sense of 'run' meaning a grazing property is regionally specific and may be unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Sheeprun joins sheep and run, where run is used for a large grazing farm or area—think of wide land where sheep can wander and run. So a sheeprun is literally a 'place where sheep run', a big area for raising sheep.