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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Viewed from the street, the house actually is pretty unremarkable — a mid-size, split-level, midcentury ranch house, built in a style that became pretty ubiquitous in the California suburbs in the post-World War II era.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
His staff often has to yank him out of his ranch house in Austin to get on the road.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
This includes the property's four-bedroom ranch house, built in 1936 as a summer home for a former Denver mayor.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
It was signed at the Campo de Cahuenga — an adobe ranch house near the Cahuenga Pass in the San Fernando Valley.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
His staff often has to yank him out of his ranch house in Austin to get on the road.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
This includes the property's four-bedroom ranch house, built in 1936 as a summer home for a former Denver mayor.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2026
It was signed at the Campo de Cahuenga — an adobe ranch house near the Cahuenga Pass in the San Fernando Valley.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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