ranch
ranch [ranch ranches ranched ranching] BrE [rɑːntʃ] NAmE [ræntʃ] noun a large farm, especially in N America or Australia, where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred •a cattle/sheep ranch •ranch hands (= the people who work on a ↑ranch ) see also ↑dude ranch Word Origin: early 19th cent.: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together’. Example Bank: •She grew up on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. •We hired three new ranch hands.
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