ranch-style

adjective

Of a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States, involving houses with a long, close-to-the-ground profile and wide open layout, fusing modernist ideas with notions of the Wild West.

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Meanings

adjectiveranch-style (not comparable)
  1. not comparablearchitectureOf a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States, involving houses with a long, close-to-the-ground profile and wide open layout, fusing modernist ideas with notions of the Wild West.
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