Meaning & use
barn
A large farm building used for storing crops, equipment, or housing livestock.
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The farmer stored hay and old machinery in the weathered red barn.
Bats had made a home in the rafters of the abandoned barn.
A note on using this word
Barn typically refers to a farm structure, though the phrase 'barn door' is used more broadly for a large sliding door.
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