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barn find

barn find noun: a valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.

Noun

barn find (plural barn finds)

  1. (idiomatic) A valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.
    Synonyms:
    shed find

Synonyms of barn find

Forms of barn find

pluralbarn finds

Questions about barn find

What does barn find mean?
Barn find means a valuable item recovered from poor storage, such as a suburban garage, farm shed, etc., where it had been more or less forgotten; especially a vintage automobile.
What part of speech is barn find?
Barn find is a noun.
What is the plural of barn find?
The plural of barn find is barn finds.

Words near barn find in the dictionary

  1. barn doored
  2. barn dooring
  3. barn doors
  4. barn egg
  5. barn eggs
  6. barn find
  7. barn finds
  8. barn owl
  9. barn owls
  10. barn raising
  11. barn raisings

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