ranch: Meaning and Definition of
ranch
Pronunciation: (ranch), [key]
— n.
- an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch.
- a dude ranch.
- the persons employed or living on a ranch.
- See
—v.i.
- to manage or work on a ranch.
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