barnnoun [ C ]
uk/bɑːn/us/bɑːrn/C2 a large building on a farm in which animals or hay (= dried grass) and grain are kept
Examples
- The house, a former barn, has been attractively converted.
- The escaped prisoners lay up in a barn for a few weeks, until the search had been called off.
- The sheep were penned in behind the barn.
- The barn of the other side of the farmyard is full of hay bales.
- The property includes two fine twelfth-century timber barns, once used for storing grain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buildings for storing things
- armory
- armoury
- arsenal
- bike shed
- boathouse
- depository
- godown
- granary
- lock-up
- lumberyard
- magazine
- root cellar
- shed
- silo
- store
- storehouse
- warehouse
Examples from literature
- He was carrying a lantern, and was going to make his nightly round of the barns.
- It was kept in the barn till all the corn was threshed.
- The flames passed from stable to barn, and barn to shed.
- The old man, a grumpy old fellow, was going to the barn with a pail on his arm.
- Wesley hurried to the barn, and Margaret to the kitchen.