Outbuilding vs. Barn — What's the Difference?

A building separate from but associated with a main building.

A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain.

A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building

A large building for sheltering livestock, storing hay or other agricultural products, or housing equipment used for operating a farm.

Present participle of outbuild

A large shed for the housing of vehicles, such as railroad cars.

A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house; an outhouse.

A particularly large, typically bare building

A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

Abbr. b(Physics) A unit of area equal to 10-24 square centimeters, used to measure cross sections in nuclear physics.

(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.

An arena.

(slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

A child.

(transitive) To lay up in a barn.

A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.

A child. See Bairn.

To lay up in a barn.

An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter