HORSE BARN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse barn mean? 

• HORSE BARN (noun)
  The noun HORSE BARN has 1 sense:

1. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

  Familiarity information: HORSE BARN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE BARN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A farm building for housing horses or other livestock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

horse barn; stable; stalls

Hypernyms ("horse barn" is a kind of...):

farm building (a building on a farm)

Meronyms (parts of "horse barn"):

stall (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse barn"):

livery stable (stable where horses and vehicles are kept for hire)

Instance hyponyms:

Augean stables ((Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them)