ranch

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UK /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ US /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/

noun 4verb 2

Collocations

ADJ.

kind, largest, outside, part-time, small, sprawling, whole

My uncle bought a small ranch in Texas where he raises cattle and horses.

VERB + RANCH

bought, knew, owned, rode

My grandfather owned a large cattle ranch in Texas for most of his life.

RANCH + NOUN

area, boston, cattle, horseback

We spent the afternoon riding horseback across the sprawling ranch area.

PREP.

in, on, on

We spent the summer working on the ranch and learning how to care for the horses.

Definitions

noun

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”

A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

A house or property on a plot of ranch land.

Ranch dressing.

verb

To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.

Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

To work on a ranch.

Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — farm consisting of a large tract of land along with faciliti

spread

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bet the ranch

Synonym of bet the farm.

But what if he now decides to bet the ranch on large language models and AI?

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.

Wiktionary

Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman.

Wiktionary

There are about 500 cattle on the ranch.

Tatoeba · #43966

What is the acreage of your ranch?

Tatoeba · #70393

His ranch covers twenty square miles.

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