barnlike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
Friske’s and King’s are two of the most popular farm stands — both low, red, wooden barnlike structures with white trim.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2021
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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