ranch

UK: /ˈrɑːntʃ/ US: /ræntʃ/ ,(ranch)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ranch /ræntʃ/   n. [countable]

1. Agriculture a place of business for raising horses, cattle, and livestock, usually a very large farm in which there is enough land to support the grazing of the animals.
2. Agriculture, British Terms, Dialect Terms a farm or ranchlike enterprise that raises a single crop or animal:
   a mink ranch.
3. Architecture ranch house (def. 2).

v. [no object]

4. to own, manage, or work on a ranch.

ranch•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ranch  (ranch), n. 

1. Agriculture an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
2. Agriculture, British Terms, Dialect Terms [Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada.] a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal:
   a mink ranch.
3. a dude ranch.
4. the persons employed or living on a ranch.
5. Architecture See ranch house. 

v.i. 

6. to manage or work on a ranch.

• Spanish rancho rancho
• 1800–10, American.

ranch′less, adj. 
ranch′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ranch / rɑːntʃ/ noun

1. a large tract of land, esp one in North America, together with the necessary personnel, buildings, and equipment, for rearing livestock, esp cattle
2. any large farm for the rearing of a particular kind of livestock or crop: a mink ranch
3. the buildings, land, etc, connected with it

verb

1. (intransitive) to manage or run a ranch
2. (transitive) to raise (animals) on or as if on a ranch

Etymology: 19th Century: from Mexican Spanish rancho small farm; see rancho