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barnlike

American  
[bahrn-lahyk] / ˈbɑrnˌlaɪk /

adjective

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


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The house had a wagon-wheel chandelier and barnlike rafters — and a high ceiling that Rogers had raised while his wife was traveling abroad so he could practice roping indoors.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

The barnlike environs of the Lunt-Fontanne prove to be one of Broadway’s less accommodating spaces for savoring Sondheim’s intricate lyrics and Jonathan Tunick’s timeless orchestrations.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023

For a primary suite in the barnlike addition to one house, Wright chose barn board with knots to create rustic-looking ceilings.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

At 6:42 p.m., officers found Mr. Thompson on a property that had what investigators described as two barnlike structures.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

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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