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
The Food Network star built a brand new home on the site of her family's former ranch house in Oklahoma
Ree Drummond has a new place to call home!
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Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Hank came home a week later to the couple’s modest ranch house.
—Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Past a ranch house, the sedan stopped outside a large detached garage.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
Del Sur’s ranch house received the county’s first LEED Platinum designation in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
One of the ranch houses on the property dates back to 1878, the Chickering Co. brochure says.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
Myers’s notes: Featured Project: A 1960s ranch house in Ladera Heights was in need of both interior and exterior refurbishing.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
One of the ranch houses on the property dates back to 1878, according to a brochure circulated in 2017 by The Chickering Co. Inc., a real estate brokerage specializing in ranch and recreational properties.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
Much of the property around the house was purchased and developed in the early 2000s — but the ranch house remained.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Hank came home a week later to the couple’s modest ranch house.
—Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Past a ranch house, the sedan stopped outside a large detached garage.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
Del Sur’s ranch house received the county’s first LEED Platinum designation in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
One of the ranch houses on the property dates back to 1878, the Chickering Co. brochure says.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
Myers’s notes: Featured Project: A 1960s ranch house in Ladera Heights was in need of both interior and exterior refurbishing.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
One of the ranch houses on the property dates back to 1878, according to a brochure circulated in 2017 by The Chickering Co. Inc., a real estate brokerage specializing in ranch and recreational properties.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
Much of the property around the house was purchased and developed in the early 2000s — but the ranch house remained.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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