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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He has been walking on the beach for more than 50 years, since his childhood spent in a 1960s ranch house three doors down from Domagala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
My family first lived in a gold-colored, stucco ranch house with a black roof in a middle-class section of Woodland Hills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
One was a ranch house once owned by legendary Willy Wonka actor Gene Wilder.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Richard Dailey, Jesses father, had a small ranch house outside Middleton.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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