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Pennsylvania barn

Pennsylvania barn noun: a kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.

pennsylvania barn: a kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or...
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Noun

Pennsylvania barn (plural Pennsylvania barns)

  1. A kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.

Forms of Pennsylvania barn

pluralPennsylvania barns

Questions about Pennsylvania barn

What does Pennsylvania barn mean?
Pennsylvania barn means a kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.
What part of speech is Pennsylvania barn?
Pennsylvania barn is a noun.
What is the plural of Pennsylvania barn?
The plural of Pennsylvania barn is Pennsylvania barns.

Words near Pennsylvania barn in the dictionary

  1. Pennsville
  2. Pennsy
  3. Pennsyltucky
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Pennsylvania Avenue
  6. Pennsylvania barn
  7. Pennsylvania barns
  8. Pennsylvania Dutch
  9. Pennsylvania Dutch English
  10. Pennsylvania Dutchland
  11. Pennsylvania German

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