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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

목축업

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mok-chuk-eop

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ranching/ˈræn.tʃɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 넓은 초원에서 목축업을 하고 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The practice or business of running a large farm especially for raising cattle, sheep, or horses.

    "Modern ranching requires careful management of vast grazing lands and water resources."
As verb
  1. 1

    Present participle of ranch; engaging in the management or operation of a ranch.

    "They spent their entire lives ranching in the valleys of Montana."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the American English noun 'ranch', which originates from the Mexican Spanish word 'rancho' (meaning a small farm or establishment where herdsmen eat and sleep). The suffix '-ing' was added in the 19th century to denote the occupational practice or industry of operating such an establishment.

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