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A building on a farm that is used to store grain or animal feed and house farm animals.

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Usage examples (35)
  • When it started to rain, the farmer ran to the barn to seek shelter.
  • And I believe it's going to be what you call a barn-burner.
  • And the work inside the barn is about bending the limitations of wood.
  • The idea of a poor family denied any kind of welfare and having to give birth in a barn is appealing to a bleeding-heart lefty like me.
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