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
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The ranch houses donkeys, horses, goats, pigs, chickens and elderly cats who would otherwise face euthanasia.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The residency came with a modest ranch house surrounded by several hundred acres.
—Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
On Saturday, Sergeant Ward went to meet Ryan’s wife and children at their one-story ranch house on an acre of land in Watertown.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The residency came with a modest ranch house surrounded by several hundred acres.
—Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025
On Saturday, Sergeant Ward went to meet Ryan’s wife and children at their one-story ranch house on an acre of land in Watertown.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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