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Baren vs Barn - What's the difference?

baren | barn |

As nouns the difference between baren and barn

is that baren is a tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet while barn is a building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

As a verb barn is

to lay up in a barn.

baren

English

(wikipedia baren)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.

    • Anagrams

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    barn

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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  • (label) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  • An arena.
    • Derived terms
    * barnstar * barnstorm * barnyard * barn dance * barn door * barn owl * barn-raising * born in a barn * raised in a barn * smell the barn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay up in a barn.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
    (Fuller)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) barn, bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
    • Synonyms
    * (child) bairn

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