ranchhouses
nounUK /ˈrɑːntʃhaʊzɪz/
US /ˈræntʃhaʊzɪz/
Ranchhouses are long, low houses that are usually just one story tall.
Many families in the suburbs live in ranchhouses with big backyards.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The plural of ranchhouse, meaning a house on a ranch or farm.
The cowboys slept in the ranchhouses near the barn.
3. Houses built in the ranch-style design popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
The neighborhood is full of ranchhouses from the 1960s.
4. Informal term for low, spread-out buildings resembling ranch homes.
The camp had several ranchhouses for the counselors.