ranch house

noun

1

: the main dwelling house on a ranch

2

: a one-story house typically with a low-pitched roof and an open plan

Examples of ranch house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Participants will also get to interact with the goats and tour the historic ranch house. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Julie Andrews and husband Blake Edwards lived for twenty years in a ranch house on the site, according to Vanity Fair. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026

Jenlyn and Larry Boyer, for instance, have lived in their ranch house in suburban Broomfield, Colorado, for 31 years and never want to leave. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Kevin Tubbs grew up in a comfortable suburb outside Omaha, Nebraska, in a canary-yellow ranch house filled with dogs. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ranch house

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse

Kids Definition

ranch house

noun

1

: the main house on a ranch

2

: a one-story house usually with a low-pitched roof