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

On Wednesday, the city council unanimously approved a vision plan to restore a ranch house that's nearly 150 years old. — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The property includes the Fiddyment family’s ranch house, a brick cooler and smokehouse dating to about 1880, a garage built around 1950 and historic landscaping. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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

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