1 a large farm building for storing grain or keeping animals in:
a hay barn * They live in a converted barn (= a barn that has been turned into a house).
seealsoDUTCHBARN
2 a large plain ugly building:
They live in a great barn of a house.
3 (AmE) a building in which buses, trucks, etc. are kept when not being used
IDIOMS
close, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped (AmE) = close, lock, etc. the stable door after the horse has bolted at STABLEn.
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