ranch
/ˈɹænt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”"
- "Formally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman."
- "Bill had ranched only five years when his dad made him foreman."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/
- British English: /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/