barn

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[bɑɹn]

noun 5name 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, grand, milk-flavoured, nearby, old, shut, small, sudden

We found the old barn at the end of the dusty country road.

VERB + BARN

born, entering, fire, kick

The old wooden barn caught fire during the lightning storm last night.

BARN + NOUN

chaff, cows, door, ice

The farmer stored hay and chaff in the old barn for the winter months.

PREP.

after, down, in, in, on, out, up, with

The farmer stored hay in the barn to feed his cattle during winter.

ADV.

often

The old barn often flooded during heavy spring rains.

Definitions

noun

A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.

A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.

An arena.

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

verb

To lay up in a barn.

But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits

Hypocrites, in like manner, so act holiness that they pass for saints before men, whose censures often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.

noun

A child.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

around Robin Hood's barn

the long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route

bit by a barn mouse

tipsy; slightly drunk

pony in the barn

An exciting and real prospect, something to be legitimately excited about.

barn find

A valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.

smell the barn

To act with renewed energy or speed or to experience heightened anticipation as one approaches a destination, goal, or other desired outcome.

We’ll get home right quick—old Dobbin knows the way better than you and I do, and he can smell the barn besides.

Example Bank

One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.

Wiktionary

Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.

Wiktionary

But like still-pining Tantalus he sits / And useless barns the harvest of his wits

Wiktionary

Hypocrites, in like manner, so act holiness that they pass for saints before men, whose censures often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.

Wiktionary

We stored the hay in the barn.

Tatoeba · #21076

The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn.

Tatoeba · #44528

Usage Notes

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In some senses, barn is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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