RANCH

Ranch

A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the western United States and Canada, though there are ranches in other areas. People who own or operate a ranch are called ranchers, or stockgrowers. Ranching is also a method used to raise less common livestock such as elk, American bison or even ostrich, emu, and alpacas.

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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. ranch dressing

Verb

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


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