ranch house

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jul 2018

Definition of ranch house

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 complex of five ranch houses cobbled together over the years — featuring a grotto out front complete with fountains and life-size statues of dolphins — was back on the market as of last fall for $1.75 million.

— dwight adams, Indianapolis Star, "Here's why it's nearly impossible to sell a mansion in Indy," 4 Jan. 2018
Bike thieves have led officers over the bridge to a ranch house near Rancho Bernardo and down State Route 75 to Mexico.

— gustavo solis, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Coronado's 'bait bike' has helped reduce bicycle theft by half," 27 June 2018
The property, spread across 12 parcels totaling 480 acres, has an adobe-style ranch house with a bird's-eye view that stretches as far as Edwards Air Force Base.

— neal j. leitereg, jack flemming and lauren beale, sacbee, "Taylor Swift is selling this midcentury home in Beverly Hills. It's yours for $2.95 million | The Sacramento Bee," 13 May 2018
Where: 30542 Hickory Lane, Franklin How much: $1.8 million Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 3 full, 2 half Square feet: 5,020 Key features: Unusually gracious, sprawling ranch house has a stunning 10-acre site that’s in a close-in location.

— judy rose, Detroit Free Press, "Philanthropists' Mid-century ranch in Franklin was made for art," 16 June 2018
The ranch house Ruth shares with her brother John, a Korean War veteran, is on the east side of town in a homey middle-class neighborhood.

— andrew m. davenport, Smithsonian, "Putting Enslaved Families’ Stories Back in the Monticello Narrative," 14 June 2018
Lots alone in Brookdale Estates were priced from $99,900 to $149,900, and the minimum size for a ranch house is 1,600 square feet.

— paul gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Rising costs for labor, lots and lumber pushing up new-home prices, industry pros say," 8 June 2018
The Circle J&B Ranch includes a seven-bedroom ranch house with a rock bottom swimming pool.

— gordon dickson, star-telegram, "This ranch will make you fall in love with west Texas, and it's for sale," 29 May 2018
On October 10, 2016, the 58-year-old freelance writer was working on a ghostwriting project at her home in Doraville, Georgia, a modest ranch house in the forested suburb just northeast of Atlanta, when the phone rang.

— patrick sisson, Curbed, "How the municipal court money machine burdens city residents," 24 May 2018

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ranch house

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: the main house on a ranch
: a house that has a single story and a roof that is not very steep

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