barn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

barn [barn barns] BrE [bɑːn] NAmE [bɑːrn] noun
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).
see also ↑Dutch barn
2. a large plain ugly building
•They live in a great barn of a house.
3. (NAmE)a building in which buses, trucks, etc. are kept when not being used
Idiom: ↑close the barn door after the horse has escaped

Word Origin:
Old English bern, berern, from bere ‘barley’ + ern, ærn ‘house’.

Example Bank:
•They live in a converted barn.