ranch

About 6.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. noun A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. noun A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. noun A ranch-style house.
5. noun Ranch dressing.
6. verb To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.

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

7. verb To work on a ranch.

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

Similar words

spread cattle farm cattle ranch rangeland pasture rancher livestock farmer farmhouse husbandry

Often followed by

in and house was to on is of near

Word family

ranched ranches ranching