ranch

CEFRB1

/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large farm where cattle or other animals are raised.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A house or property on a plot of ranch land.

Examples

  • My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.

  • There are about 500 cattle on the ranch.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹeə̯nt͡ʃ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. Ranch dressing.

More examples

In context

  • What is the acreage of your ranch?

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

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The cowboy spent his whole life working on a large blank in Texas, taking care of cattle.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.