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barn

  • noun
  • [ˈbɑɹn]

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

Other meanings

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

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

A kind of

  • farm building

Kinds of barn

  • cow barn

Word history

From Old English "berern".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “barn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.