RANCH
What does "RANCH" mean?
A large farm where cattle, sheep, or horses are raised on open grazing land.
Meanings
- A large establishment for raising livestock such as cattle or horses. The family ran a cattle ranch in the Texas hill country.
- A single-story house, typically long and low; a ranch house. They bought a 1960s ranch with a sprawling backyard.
- A creamy, herb-flavored salad dressing. She dunked the carrots in ranch and called it dinner. informal
- To run or work on a ranch raising livestock. He has ranched the same land for forty years.
Did you know?
- Ranch dressing was invented in the 1950s by plumber Steve Henson at his Hidden Valley Ranch in California; the dressing was named after the ranch, and it has long been the best-selling salad dressing in the United States.
Word origin
From Mexican Spanish 'rancho', meaning a small farm or a group who eat together, from Spanish 'ranchear' (to lodge); entered American English through the Southwest.
Remember it
RANCH sounds like its Spanish parent 'rancho' - drop the O and you have the wide American spread.
A little poem
Fence line meets the dusk-
a thousand head of cattle
lean into the wind.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the cowboy what dressing he wanted on his salad. He gestured at everything he owned and said: ranch.
What it teaches
One word can hold a thousand acres or a bottle of dressing - America loves to shrink the epic into the everyday.
Quick facts
What does RANCH mean?
A large farm where cattle, sheep, or horses are raised on open grazing land.
Is RANCH a valid word?
Yes — RANCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RANCH?
RANCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does RANCH come from?
From Mexican Spanish 'rancho', meaning a small farm or a group who eat together, from Spanish 'ranchear' (to lodge); entered American English through the Southwest.
What can RANCH teach us?
One word can hold a thousand acres or a bottle of dressing - America loves to shrink the epic into the everyday.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.