BARN

Barn

A barn is an agricultural building primarily located on farms and used for many purposes, notably for the housing of livestock and storage of crops. In addition, barns may be used for equipment storage, as a covered workplace, such as threshing. The word barn is also used to describe buildings used for uses such as a tobacco barn or dairy barn. An archaic word for one type of barn meant for keeping cattle was byre.

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barn

Noun

  1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
  2. A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  3. An arena.
    Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A child.

Verb

  1. To lay up in a barn.


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