granges

plural of grange
as in farms
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock asked the community's farmers to meet at the Howard family grange to help raise a new barn

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Noun
  • Many of the farms, which are traditionally passed down to men within a family, have been abandoned.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What seemed like a win-win—cheap sewage disposal, free nutrients for farms—was actually toxic.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Located amidst horse ranches in the city’s southernmost stretch, the garden spans the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park with more than 200 plots, including 10 quarter-acre farms leased for $324 to $1,600 per year.
    Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The driest state in the country is often hit by droughts, but that hasn’t stopped developers from buying up ranches and farmland to build homes or businesses.
    Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Granges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granges. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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