ranch
ranch / ranch/ • n. a large farm, esp. in the western U.S. and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred and raised. ∎ (also ranch house) a single-story, sometimes split-level, house, typically with a low-pitched roof. ∎ short for ranch dressing.• v. [intr.] [often as n.] (ranching) run a ranch: cattle ranching. ∎ [tr.] [often as adj.] (ranched) breed (animals) on a ranch. ∎ [tr.] use (land) as a ranch.ORIGIN: early 19th cent.: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together.’
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