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BARN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BARN?

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Need another word that means the same as “barn”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “barn” in this overview.

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Barn as a Noun
Definitions of "Barn" as a noun
Synonyms of "Barn" as a noun (5 Words)
Usage Examples of "Barn" as a noun
Associations of "Barn" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Barn” are: b, outbuilding, shed, outhouse, shelter

Barn as a Noun

Definitions of "Barn" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “barn” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.
An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter.
A large shed used for storing road or railway vehicles.
A large and uninviting building.
A unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter.

Synonyms of "Barn" as a noun (5 Words)

b	Originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins.
outbuilding	A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building.
outhouse	A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
shed	A building for shearing sheep or milking cattle. A bicycle shed.
shelter	A shielded or safe condition; protection. You re welcome to take shelter* from the storm.*

Usage Examples of "Barn" as a noun

A great barn of a pub.

Associations of "Barn" (30 Words)

bungalow	A low house having only one storey or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.
cattle	Animals of a group related to domestic cattle including yak bison and buffaloes. So many head of cattle.
cellar	Store wine in a cellar. He spent years building up a remarkable cellar* of aged Riojas.*
cereal	Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. Cereal crops.
corn	Feed cattle with corn. Corned beef.
cowhand	A person employed to tend cattle or to run a ranch.
crib	The cards discarded by the players at cribbage counting to the dealer. An English crib* of Caesar s Gallic Wars.*
crop	Prepare for crops. Hay would have been cropped several times through the summer.
driveway	A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building. They parked in the driveway.
farm	Be a farmer work as a farmer. He was farmed out in 1938 and 39 and came back for two games in 1940.
farmer	United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920.
foothill	A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain. The camp lies in the foothills of the Andes.
forecourt	The part of the court between the service line and the net.
garage	Keep or store in a garage. A garage* band.*
grain	Form into grains. He scored along the grain* of the table with the knife.*
granary	A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed.
hay	Convert plant material into hay. The grass had all hayed off and gone to seed.
manger	A long trough from which horses or cattle feed.
outhouse	A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate. Books outhoused in the annex take longer to deliver.
ranch	Manage or run a ranch. For the past two years she has ranched cattle in southern New Mexico.
rancher	A person who owns or runs a ranch.
reaper	Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.
shed	Shed at an early stage of development. He shed* his image as a pushy boss.*
storehouse	A large supply of something. An enormous storehouse* of facts.*
straw	Cover or provide with or as if with straw. Cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm.
warehouse	Store goods in a warehouse. A discount warehouse.
wheat	The grain of wheat.
winnow	Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff. Guidelines that would help winnow* out those not fit to be soldiers.*
wrangler	Someone who argues noisily or angrily. They had three cow wranglers to help with the scene.
yeoman	A member of the yeomanry force.