n.
Pronunciation: ' bärn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn, from bere barley + ærn house, store
Date: before 12th century
1 a : 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>
2 : a large building for the housing of a fleet of vehicles (as trolley cars or trucks)
– barn · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
– barny \ ' bär-n ē \ adjective