ranch house
noun
1
: the main dwelling house on a ranch
2
: a one-story house typically with a low-pitched roof and an open plan
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Denise’s family was out on a foothill in a large, modern ranch house.
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Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
The Turkey Track Ranch has three of its own ranch houses, while The Wooden Rifle Unit features a main house, a bunkhouse, a shop, a storage building, a barn, and corrals.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
The centerpiece of the property is a 2,300-square-foot ranch house, surrounded by a caretaker’s home, a barn, a four-car garage, sheds and corrals.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
The Turkey Track Ranch has three of its own ranch houses, while The Wooden Rifle Unit features a main house, a bunkhouse, a shop, a storage building, a barn, and corrals.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
The centerpiece of the property is a 2,300-square-foot ranch house, surrounded by a caretaker’s home, a barn, a four-car garage, sheds and corrals.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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