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ranch

ranch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ranch]
    • /ræntʃ/
    • /rɑːntʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ranch]
    • /ræntʃ/

Definitions of ranch word

  • noun ranch an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. 1
  • noun ranch Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch. 1
  • noun ranch a dude ranch. 1
  • noun ranch the persons employed or living on a ranch. 1
  • noun ranch ranch house. 1
  • verb without object ranch to manage or work on a ranch. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of ranch

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10, Americanism; < Spanish rancho rancho

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Ranch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ranch popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

ranch usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ranch

adj ranch

  • aggie — an agricultural student
  • agricultural — Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture.
  • agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
  • agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
  • georgic — agricultural.

noun ranch

  • arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
  • bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
  • cabana — a tent used as a dressing room by the sea
  • caboose — On a freight train, a caboose is a small car, usually at the rear, in which the crew travels.
  • cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.

verb ranch

  • homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
  • homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
  • husbanded — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
  • husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
  • look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.

adjective ranch

  • arboricultural — Of or pertaining to the care, planting and maintenance of trees.
  • floricultural — Of or pertaining to floriculture.
  • outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.

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