ranch
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
Noun 4 meanings
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
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.
A ranch-style house.
Verb 2 meanings
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.”
Etymology
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
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RANCH at a glance
RANCH has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,718 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ranch
All rhymesOne letter away
- RANCE7
- RATCH10
- RUNCH10
- LANCH10
- GANCH11
- HANCH13
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