ranch
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.
ranch dressing: I’ll have the small salad, with ranch on the side.
to manage or work on a ranch.
Origin of ranch
1Other words from ranch
- ranchless, adjective
- ranchlike, adjective
- un·ranched, adjective
Words that may be confused with ranch
- ranch , wrench
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How to use ranch in a sentence
Ideally it will be a classless luxury someday, like it still is in parts of Montana where the ranch kids ski in overalls.
During the pandemic, he moved the restaurant from its original Barrio Escalante to his parent’s ranch on the outskirts of San José.
I met him at his ranch in Aspen and told him of my interest in private equity.
From mentorship to friendship to love: What I learned from three investing giants | matthewheimer | November 10, 2020 | FortuneThat ranch raises Akaushi cattle, which are originally from Japan, and LeRoy thinks they produce the best brisket meat on the planet.
The pipeline will bring water to tanks stashed among the thirstier corners of his ranch, which will allow him to run more cattle and earn more than he could before.
Nathan learned everything he could about farming and ranching.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas | Nick Kotz | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a boy in Alamo, a tiny Mormon ranching community in Lincoln County 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Lamb was one of 11 children.
The Cowboy Sheriff of Las Vegas Rides Into ‘Mob Museum’ | John L. Smith | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFarming and ranching concerns will also have little political leverage with the White House.
As Partisan Rancor Rises, States That Back a Loser Will Be Punished | Joel Kotkin | October 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDroughts have always been part of farming and ranching in the hardest-hit areas of the Midwest.
Midwest Drought Forces South Dakota Farmers and Ranchers to Abandon Crops and Thin Herds | Barbie Latza Nadeau | August 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe grieving family and tight-knit ranching community wanted to keep politicians at bay, for just one day.
About what would be the cost of this proposed mine equipment, and could I do some ranching around there while this was going on?
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneySome pioneers from the East had settled inland after California had been separated from Mexico, and were ranching and farming.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandThe fellow I let to wrote me a few weeks ago that he was tired of ranching and wanted to clear out.
The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel WilliamsonIt was the marriage of the farming and ranching barony of Traskon and the Karvall steel mills.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperThen I made a small pile cattle-ranching in Texas, and somehow went to live at Quebec.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for ranch
/ (rɑːntʃ) /
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
(intr) to manage or run a ranch
(tr) to raise (animals) on or as if on a ranch
Origin of ranch
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