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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 auction house is a local institution in a huge barnlike building where everything from antiques to bear traps can be available.

From Washington Post Jun. 28, 2021

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 property is stark and hilly, made up of a series of small barnlike structures, one of which houses Johns’s studio.

From New York Times Feb. 18, 2019

The hulking Mark I, not yet dismantled, still sat in its barnlike home: a corrugated metal building the length of a football field that hove into view while they were still miles away.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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