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ranch-stead

ranch-stead is the alternative form of ranchstead.

Meaning of ranchstead

Noun

ranchstead (plural ranchsteads)

  1. A plot of ranchland and the buildings upon it; a ranchhouse and its adjacent outbuildings.
    • At the crest stood Phil Grimes's tractor and lowboy trailer, and next to them the LeTourneau, and then down low on the slope he saw a ranchstead—a metal building, old barn, rock silo, outbuildings, and a house. Just past the house lay the river, curled against the base of the cliffs. He geared down...2014, John Keeble, Broken Ground, page 90

Forms of ranch-stead

pluralranch-steads

Questions about ranch-stead

What is ranch-stead the alternative form of?
Ranch-stead is the alternative form of ranchstead.

Words near ranch-stead in the dictionary

  1. ranch hands
  2. ranch house
  3. ranch slider
  4. ranch sliders
  5. ranch-sieve
  6. ranch-stead
  7. ranch-style
  8. ranchboy
  9. ranchboys
  10. ranchburger
  11. ranchburgers

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