ranches

Noun

ranch (countable and uncountable, plural ranches)

1. 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 […].”1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock
2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

   Synonyms:

   spread

3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. A ranch-style house.
5. (uncountable) Ranch dressing.

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