— ranchless , adj. — ranchlike , adj.
/ranch/ , n.
1. an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
2. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch.
3. a dude ranch.
4. the persons employed or living on a ranch.
5. See ranch house .
v.i.
6. to manage or work on a ranch.
[ 1800-10, Amer.; rancho RANCHO ]