barn
noun /bɑːn/
/bɑːrn/
Idioms - a large farm building for storing grain or keeping animals in
enlarge image- a hay barn
- They live in a converted barn (= a barn that has been turned into a house).
Wordfindersee also Dutch barnTopics Buildingsc1, Farmingc1- arable
- barn
- crop
- cultivate
- dairy
- fallow
- farm
- graze
- livestock
- tractor
- a large plain ugly building
- They live in a great barn of a house.
- (North American English) a building in which buses, trucks, etc. are kept when not being usedTopics Buildingsc1
Word OriginOld English bern, berern, from bere ‘barley’ + ern, ærn ‘house’.
Idioms
close, lock, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped (North American English)
(British English close, lock, etc. the stable door after the horse has bolted)
- to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so