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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Agriculture, Buildings, Household
barnbarn /bɑːn $ bɑːrn/ noun [countable] 1 barn.jpg TAa large farm building for storing crops, or for keeping animals in2 informalTBBDH a large plain building a huge barn of a house
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barn• He's got a big loft empty in one of his barns.• Also houses, barns and trucks.• Chuck Moxon and his partner took the suspect barn.• I chased him with the pitchfork and he ran in the barn.• There were a few Commandos resting in the barn, they looked up as I entered but showed no recognition.• The men who went out to the barn came in soaked to the skin.• There had been a pair using this barn, but, as so often happens these days, they deserted their nest.• Inside a yellow barn set in rolling green hills, 10 Sufis spin like synchronized tops across the wooden floor.
Origin barn Old English bereærn, from bere “barley” + ærn “place”
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