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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My family first lived in a gold-colored, stucco ranch house with a black roof in a middle-class section of Woodland Hills.
The couple purchased the two neighboring ranch houses in April 2022, records show.
From MarketWatch
That fall, we returned to Montreal and lived in a ranch house in Mount Royal.
And the roughly 150 items rescued from the ranch house are stored in Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times
The fire burned down the ranch house and other historic buildings.
From Los Angeles Times
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