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byres

byres is the plural of byre.

Meaning of byre

Noun

byre (plural byres)

  1. (UK) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
    • It was here in the kitchen, in the passage,
      In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part II
    Synonyms:
    cowbarn, cowhouse

Questions about byres

What is byres the plural of?
Byres is the plural of byre.

Words near byres in the dictionary

  1. byre
  2. byre-dwelling
  3. byre-dwellings
  4. byreman
  5. byremen
  6. byres
  7. byrewoman
  8. byrewomen
  9. Byrge
  10. Byrges
  11. byrl

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