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   Ranch

   /ran(t)SH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large farm, especially in the western US and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred and raised: "a beef cattle ranch"
   • ▪ a single-story, sometimes split-level, house, typically with a low-pitched roof. North American
   • 2. a type of thick white salad dressing made with sour cream or buttermilk. trademark in UK

   verb

   • 1. run a ranch: "they farmed and ranched in North Dakota"
   • ▪ breed (animals) on a ranch: "for the past two years, she has ranched cattle in southern New Mexico"
   • ▪ use (land) as a ranch: "we've ranched this area for almost two decades"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Spanish rancho ‘group of persons eating together’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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