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Cygnet had long outgrown its technologically outdated, barnlike theater in Old Town San Diego, its lease was uncertain and its operations were scattered around the area, notes Sean Murray, the Cygnet’s co-founder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

The barnlike wooden building is drafty and unheated, its dark wood and skeleton of support beams and framing unfinished and exposed.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2023

At 6:42 p.m., police located the suspect in one of two barnlike structures.

From Washington Post Oct. 20, 2022

On a brisk Sunday morning, he arrived at the barnlike town hall in Durham, N.Y., to meet with the town supervisor, Shawn Marriott.

From New York Times May 12, 2022

There’s a building that looks like a meeting hall, another with a doctor’s snakes carved into the front, and two barnlike buildings that look like storage.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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