Barn Definition

bärn

barns

noun

barns

A large farm building used for storing farm products and sheltering livestock.

American Heritage

A farm building for sheltering harvested crops, livestock, machines, etc.

Webster's New World

A large shed for the housing of vehicles, such as railroad cars.

American Heritage

A large building for streetcars, trucks, etc.

Webster's New World

A particularly large, typically bare building.

Lived in a barn of a country house.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

To lay up in a barn.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Barn

Singular:

barn

Plural:

barns

Middle English bern, from Old English bereærn 'barn, granary', compound of bere 'barley' and ærn, ræn 'dwelling, barn', from Proto-Germanic *razną (cf. Old High German erin, Old Norse rann), from pre-Germanic -, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- 'to rest'. More at rest and barley.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English bearn (“child, son, offspring, prodigy”) and Old Norse barn (“child”). More at bairn.

From Wiktionary
Middle English bern from Old English berærn bere barley bhares- in Indo-European roots ærn house

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition