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barnlike

American  
[bahrn-lahyk] / ˈbɑrnˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling a barn in construction, architecture, or rustic interior.


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Cygnet had long outgrown its technologically outdated, barnlike theater in Old Town San Diego, its lease was uncertain and its operations were scattered around the area, notes Sean Murray, the Cygnet’s co-founder and artistic director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

In one barnlike building, a second floor has been renovated into an airy office space with polished wooden floors and large computer monitors.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

It is a small operation, only 13 employees working out of a large barnlike building in Sperryville, on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2019

The historic site consists of Cole’s house, his barnlike original studio, and a “New Studio,” demolished in the 1970s and rebuilt in 2015 as a small museum space.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018

How could she say she could see hardly anything in the morning gloom of the huge, barnlike room, the very air a soup of dust and lint?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

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