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: a usually large building for the storage of farm products or feed and usually for the housing of farm animals or farm equipment
b
: an unusually large and usually bare building
a great barn of a hotel—
W. A. White
W. A. White2
: a large building for the housing of a fleet of vehicles (such as trolley cars or trucks)
Examples of barn in a Sentence
They live in a big barn of a house.
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The property encourages play inside and out, from snowshoeing, sledding, and ice skating to pie-making sessions with cider pairings, movie nights in the barn, and whiskey tastings.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The horse facilities include two round pens, nine horse runs, eight paddocks, fenced pasture, a historic 2,700-square-foot main barn with an office, a 900-square-foot tack shed, hay storage, a tack room and 15 individual tack lockers.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2025
The tasting garden, surrounded by historic barns, offers a casual setting with white umbrella tables and a barn lounge for warmer days.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
These pier mount lights have a bit of rustic appeal, taking notes from the original design of barn lights (plus, comes with a compatible post).
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
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Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
The horse facilities include two round pens, nine horse runs, eight paddocks, fenced pasture, a historic 2,700-square-foot main barn with an office, a 900-square-foot tack shed, hay storage, a tack room and 15 individual tack lockers.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2025
The tasting garden, surrounded by historic barns, offers a casual setting with white umbrella tables and a barn lounge for warmer days.
—Rachel King, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
These pier mount lights have a bit of rustic appeal, taking notes from the original design of barn lights (plus, comes with a compatible post).
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barn
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“Barn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barn. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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barn
noun
: a building used chiefly for storing grain and hay and for housing farm animals or farm equipment
Medical Definition
barn
noun
: a unit of area equal to 10−24 square centimeters that is used in nuclear physics for measuring cross section
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