sheep ranch

collocation in English

meaningsofsheepandranch

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sheep
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːp/us
/ʃiːp/
a farm animal with thick wool that eats grass and is kept for its wool, skin, ...
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ranch
noun[C]
uk
/rɑːntʃ/us
/ræntʃ/
a very large farm on which animals are kept, especially in North and ...
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(Definition ofsheepandranchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Here he cleared trees and operated a cattle andsheepranchfor the next quarter of a century.
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Sheepranch was named after asheepranch.
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He established a largesheepranchnearby.
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Cattle and sheep ranches can be found throughout the valley and in the surrounding mountains.
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The goal was to enhance the status of the graziers (operators of big sheep ranches) and small farmers, and secure subsidies for them.
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The area was operated variously as cattle and sheep ranches by a series of owners in the 1800s and 1900s.
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In the late 1880s cattle and sheep ranches were being established wherever streams provided adequate water to support a herd.
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Large cattle and sheep ranches dot the valley north and south of the town along the river.
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The nearby bottomland was used for irrigated agriculture, and sheep ranches operated in the more arid lands to the north.
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Almost all of the interior consisted of cattle and sheep ranches; pasture accounted for 89% of the country's productive land.
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