Meaning & use

barn

noun·Everyday

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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