ranch house
Americannoun
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the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
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Also called rambler. any one-story house of the same general form, especially one built in the suburbs.
Etymology
Origin of ranch house
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Within the monument, we rambled along Soda Lake Road, admiring windmills, an old ranch house now reserved for bats, and a few hills dotted with lazy cows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
That fall, we returned to Montreal and lived in a ranch house in Mount Royal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
One was a ranch house once owned by legendary Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
The house, like the others on the slanting hillside street, was a conventional suburban ranch house, pleasant and commonplace.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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