ranchburger

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noun

A cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.

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Meanings

nounranchburger (plural ranchburgers)

plural ranchburgers

  1. USA cookie-cutter ranch house, typically found in a suburban subdivision.

    Judy Drive was a short gravel-mixed road flanked by a dozen aluminum-sided "ranchburgers" with wading pools or pick-up trucks parked on the front lawns.

    1991, Ellen Harris, Dying to Get Married: The Courtship and Murder of Julie Miller Bulloch, HarperPaperbacks, →ISBN, page 121
  2. USA hamburger featuring elements of the cuisine of the Southwestern United States.

    Make ranchburgers by dividing the meat for each hamburger into two patties. Place a spoonful of chili sauce and chopped onion on one patty and cover it with the other, sealing it well at the edges.

    1966 April 7, “Ground Beef Extra Spicy”, in The Baltimore Sun

Origin

From ranch + -burger.

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APA

ranchburger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchburger

MLA

“ranchburger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchburger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ranchburger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranchburger.

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