rance

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/ɹæns//ɹɑːns/

noun

A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.

OriginOld French ranche ← Latin ramex →
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Meanings

rance1

nounrance (countable and uncountable, plural rances)

plural rances

  1. countableuncountableA type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
  2. ScotlandcountableuncountableA prop or shore.
  3. countableuncountableA round or spreader between the legs of a chair.
verbrance (third-person singular simple present rances, present participle rancing, simple past and past participle ranced)

present singular third person rances · participle present rancing · participle past ranced · past ranced

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo prop or shore up.

Rance2

proper nounRance (countable and uncountable, plural Rances)

plural Rances

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel.

Origin

  1. Latinramex
  2. Old Frenchranche
  3. Englishrance

From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rance

FrancefinancedanceadvancechanceenhanceromanceglanceentranceHanslancestanceVanceAfrikaansPenzanceexpanseperchancehancemanseaskanceprancepsytrancehanseavaunce
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Anagrams

craneCarnecarenCreannacrecanerCernarecancrena
Cite this entry
APA

rance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rance

MLA

“rance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rance.

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