Ranch

Noun

 * 1) A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
 * 2)  A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock.
 * 3) A house or property on a ranch land.
 * 4) A type of salad dressing.

Verb

 * 1) To operate a ranch; engage in ranching.
 * ''Formally the widow still ranches, in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman
 * 1) To work on a ranch
 * ''Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman

Thesaurus
arable land, barnyard, barton, breed, cattle ranch, chicken farm, collective farm, cotton plantation, croft, crop, culture, dairy farm, demesne, demesne farm, dry farm, dryfarm, dude ranch, estate, factory farm, fallow, farm, farmery, farmhold, farmland, farmplace, farmstead, farmyard, fatten, feed, fruit farm, fur farm, garden, grain farm, grange, grassland, grow, hacienda, hatch, home place, homecroft, homefarm, homestead, house and grounds, house and lot, keep, kibbutz, kolkhoz, location, mains, manor farm, messuage, nurture, orchard, pasture, pen, place, plantation, poultry farm, raise, rancheria, rancho, rear, run, sharecrop, sheep farm, station, steading, stock farm, toft, truck farm

Pronunciation

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