barn
n. countablen. a large building on a farm used for keeping animals, tools, or crops like hay. It is usually the biggest building on the farm besides the house.
n. a large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw and for housing livestock. Often used in compound nouns to specify the primary contents, such as a tithe barn or a dairy barn.
The farmer keeps the tractor in the barn.
During the winter months, the cattle are brought inside the barn to protect them from the snow.
The historic timber-framed barn had been meticulously restored to serve as a rustic venue for weddings while retaining its original agricultural character.
Commonly used with the preposition 'in' to denote storage or housing.
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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.
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bit by a barn mouse
tipsy; slightly drunk
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born in a barn
In a past tense: criticizing the person to whom the phrase is directed for inappropriately, and usually neglectingly, leaving an exterior door or window open, considered ill-mannered.