cattle-ranch

  • 31ranch — 1. noun /ɹæntʃ/ a) A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. b) A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock. 2. verb /ɹæntʃ/ a) To operate a ranch; enga …

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  • 32ranch — noun Ranch is used before these nouns: ↑dressing, ↑home, ↑house, ↑land Ranch is used after these nouns: ↑cattle, ↑sheep …

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  • 33ranch — noun (C) 1 a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred 2 AmE a farm that produces a particular product: a fruit ranch 3 a ranch house …

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  • 34ranch — n. & v. n. 1 a a cattle breeding establishment esp. in the US and Canada. b a farm where other animals are bred (mink ranch). 2 US a single storey or split level house. v.intr. farm on a ranch. Etymology: Sp. rancho group of persons eating… …

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  • 35ranch·er — /ˈrænʧɚ, Brit ˈrɑːnʧɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a person who lives or works on a ranch a cattle rancher …

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  • 36cattle station — noun A large farm in Australia, (the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle, and run by a grazier. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than… …

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  • 37cattle — noun plural Etymology: Middle English catel, from Anglo French katil, chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitale, from Latin, neuter of capitalis of the head more at capital Date: 14th century 1. domesticated quadrupeds held as… …

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  • 38Spade Ranch (Nebraska) — Infobox nrhp name = Spade Ranch locmapin = Nebraska mapwidth = 250 caption = nearest city= Ellsworth, Nebraska lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 18 lat seconds = 19.7 lat direction = N long degrees = 102 long minutes = 05 long seconds = 25.8 long… …

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  • 39Matador Ranch — Cottonwood Mott Line Camp, originally part of the Scottish owned Matador Land Cattle Company, is now privately owned by Mott Creek Ranch. It was the site of two gunfights in the early days. Motley County, Texas File:Kitchen, Mott Creek Ranch,… …

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  • 40XIT Ranch — The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Panhandle of Texas which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) of land, it ran for two hundred miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to …

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