ranch

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. (countable, uncountable) A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. (countable, uncountable) A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. (uncountable) Ranch dressing.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To work on a ranch.

Synonyms

farm

estate

property

cattle farm

cattle ranch

spread

plantation

land

station

🚉

farmstead

holding

husbandry

manor

ownership

pasture

pastureland

proprietorship

ranch house

rancho

small holding

vegetable garden

yard

stock farm

pasture land

agriculture

ranchland

horse ranch

capital

horse range

cash

💸

collection

croft

farming

farmyard

fields

fund

gardening

hacienda

Translations

ranch

rancho

fattoria

Ranch

ranch

landgoed

boerderij

finca

granja

bezitting

terras

Farm

villa

fazenda

φυτεία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɑːnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Cognate with English: rank

In summary

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.