Collocations for "barn"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "barn" in context.
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barn
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [red, wooden, circular] barn
- a [new, modern, dilapidated] barn
- is stored in the barn
- is in storage in the barn
- [pigs, cattle, horses] in the barn
- a barn and [silo, stable]
- a [dance, wedding] in a barn
- The barn was [built, destroyed] in [1912].
- a [threshing, tobacco, storage] barn
- [grain, crops, tobacco] stored in the barn
- [raised, bred, housed] in a barn
- [slept, spent the night] in the barn
- Did you [check, look] in the barn?
- [get, pull] [it] out of the barn
- converted the barn into a [hotel, guesthouse]
- slang: couldn't hit the broad side of a barn
- a great barn of a [building, place, pub]
- this is barn country
- a barn [owl, cat]
- open the barn door
- go to a barn dance
- are [holding, organizing, throwing] a barn dance
'barn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):