barn

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
2. A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
3. (informal) An arena.
4. (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

Verb

To lay up in a barn.

Concepten

schuur

loods

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keet

barn

graanschuur

barak

huisje

graanpakhuis

tent

⛺

zolder

kraam

stalletje

stal

paardenstal

stalling

Synoniemen

granary

stable

shed

storehouse

warehouse

shanty

shack

barrack

garner

cowshed

stall

b

b

store

barnyard

bin

casern

cellar

depository

godown

grain elevator

grange

loft

magazine

repository

silo

stand

storage place

storehouse for grain

pen

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horse barn

depot

cowhouse

cote

car barn

corral

cattle-shed

stock barn

attic

byre

breadbasket

garage

farm building

cattle shed

cowbarn

elevator

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grain store

hangar

livestock shed

flea-pit

outhouse

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[bɑɹn]

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English barn, bern, bærn, from Old English bearn, bern, contracted forms of Old English berern, bereærn (“barn, granary”), compound of bere (“barley”) and ærn, ræn (“dwelling, barn”), from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn, from Proto-Germanic *razną (compare Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic *h₁rh̥₁-s-nó-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
More at rest and barley.
For the use as a unit of surface area, see w:Barn (unit) § Etymology.