English Reference

Word

grange

US/ˈɡɹeɪndʒ/

UK/ɡɹˈeɪndʒ/

Definition

n. a large country house with farm buildings nearby. It is an old-fashioned word for a farm or a rural estate.

n. a country house with its various associated farm buildings. Historically refers to a farm owned by a monastery or a feudal lord.

Examples

“The old grange stands at the edge of the village.”

“After the family inherited the grange, they spent years restoring the stone barns and the main residence.”

“The novelist set her gothic mystery in a decaying grange, where the isolation of the surrounding fields mirrored the protagonist's growing sense of unease.”

Examples

simple

“The old grange stands at the edge of the village.”

contextual

“After the family inherited the grange, they spent years restoring the stone barns and the main residence.”

complex

“The novelist set her gothic mystery in a decaying grange, where the isolation of the surrounding fields mirrored the protagonist's growing sense of unease.”

Usage

Often appears in British English as a proper name for houses or estates.

Word family

grangeNoungrangerNoun

Domain

Agriculture

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