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barrener

barrener noun: a barren animal, one that cannot bear young. Also the comparative form of barren.

Noun

barrener (plural barreners)

  1. A barren animal, one that cannot bear young.
    • For the purpose of more fully investigating the causes of barrenness, I have examined the ovaries of several heifers which were, after very careful trial, condemned and killed as barreners […]1865, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 266

Also used as

barrener is also the comparative form of barren.

Forms of barrener

pluralbarreners

Origin of barrener

From barren + -er (relational noun suffix).

From barren + -er (comparative suffix).

Questions about barrener

What does barrener mean?
Barrener means a barren animal, one that cannot bear young.
What part of speech is barrener?
Barrener is a noun.
What is the plural of barrener?
The plural of barrener is barreners.

Words near barrener in the dictionary

  1. Barren Grounds
  2. Barren Lands
  3. barren strawberries
  4. barren strawberry
  5. barren-ground caribou
  6. barrener
  7. barreners
  8. barrenest
  9. barrenly
  10. barrenness
  11. barrennesses

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