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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

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

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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