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Synonyms for byre

Most common

cowshed cowbarn cowhouse

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.

    The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns.

Forms

Plural
byres → cowbarns, cowhouses, cowsheds…

Example sentences

  • cowshed Our Mary is in the cowshed doing the milking.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
byresteady
cowshedsteady
cowbarnsteady
cowhousefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
cowshed, cowbarn
8 letters
cowhouse