Barn
Barn (barn) , noun
[Old English bern, Anglo-Saxon berern, bern; bere barley + ern, arn, a close place. r92. See Barley.]
A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.
Collocations (2)
Barn owl (Zoology) , an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings.
Barn swallow (Zoology) , the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.
Barn , transitive verb
To lay up in a barn. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
Men... often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
Barn , noun
A child. See Bairn. [Obsolete]