Ranch Meaning
/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
nounA small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
Sentence Examples
There are about 500 cattle on the ranch.
What is the acreage of your ranch?
My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cowboy spent his whole life working on a large ____ in Texas, taking care of cattle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The family owned a large cattle ____ in Texas that had been in their possession for four generations.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cowboy spent his whole life working on a large ____ in Texas, taking care of cattle.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The family owned a large cattle ____ in Texas that had been in their possession for four generations.