From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Agriculture, Houseranchranch /rΙΛntΚ $ rΓ¦ntΚ/ βββ noun [countable]1TAa very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred2DHHa ranch houseExamples from the Corpusranchβ’ We lived first on a ranch.β’ a four-bedroom ranchβ’ a cattle ranchβ’ Robert Daley settled the property in 1869, first as a horse and cattle ranch and then as a dairyoperation.β’ We saw small towns and huge cities, chicken farms and horse ranches.β’ I sail past a little development of off-the-shelfranch homes.β’ The bloodysiege of the ranchcomplex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.β’ Over the years, the ranchshrank.Originranch(1800-1900)Mexican Spanishrancho, from Spanish, βcamp, small building, small farmβ, from Frenchrangerβto put in a rowβ
