Synonyms for ranch

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ranch

Phonetic Transcription : ræntʃ

Définition of ranch

Origin : 1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)).
Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-story, split-level" (adj.) from 1950; as a noun from 1960. Ranch-house attested from 1862.

noun farm

Example sentences :

He was tough, but the ranch horses of John Merchant came out from a night of rest.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

It's Bill that bled me, and bled me until I've had to soak a mortgage on the ranch.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

It was dark most of the way, and it was midnight when I got to the ranch.
Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase

Old Blake would give him work on his ranch over there, that was a cinch.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Nimrod and I had been lured to the Cuttle Fish ranch to go on a wolf hunt.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

"We are going out to my father's ranch in Colorado, at once," she explained.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

Good Injun's scared clean off the ranch—you can see that for yourself.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

"He'll listen to Baumberger, and he'll lose the ranch listening," he stated distinctly.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

And yet, to steal the Peaceful Hart ranch—the idea was ludicrous.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

The ranch was quiet, with even the dogs asleep in the shade.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

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