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A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.
James Thomas Fields

Meaning of "barn door" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARN DOOR

barn door play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARN DOOR

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Barn door is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARN DOOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stage lighting accessories

Stage lighting accessories are components manufactured for conventional stage lighting instruments. Most conventional fixtures are designed to accept a number of different accessories designed to assist in the modification of the output. These accessories are intended to either provide relatively common functionality not originally provided in a fixture, or to extend the versatility of a lighting instrument by introducing features. Other accessories have been designed to overcome limitations or difficulties some fixtures present in specific applications. All stage lighting accessories fall into one of three distinct categories: components installed inside the fixture, components affixed to the front of the fixture, or components mounted elsewhere on the exterior of a fixture.

Definition of barn door in the English dictionary

The first definition of barn door in the dictionary is the door of a barn. Other definition of barn door is a target so large that it cannot be missed. Barn door is also an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARN DOOR

barn
barn conversion
barn dance
barn dancing
barn egg
barn owl
barn swallow
Barnabas
barnacle
barnacle goose
barnacled
Barnard
Barnard´s star
Barnardo
Barnardo´s
Barnaul
Barnave
barnbrack
Barnes
barnet

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARN DOOR

a foot in the door
automatic door
back door
cat door
door
door to door
French door
front door
glass door
keep the wolf from the door
main door
next door
open door
overhead door
passenger door
rear door
revolving door
screen door
side door
stable door
swinging door

Synonyms and antonyms of barn door in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «barn door» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARN DOOR

Find out the translation of barn door to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of barn door from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «barn door» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谷仓的门
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puerta del granero
570 millions of speakers

English

barn door
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खलिहान दरवाजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باب الحظيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дверь сарая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porta do celeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলন্ত দরজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porte de la grange
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pintu gudang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scheunentor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

納屋のドア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

헛간 문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawn door
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cửa chuồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொட்டகையின் கதவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धान्याचे कोठार दार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahır kapısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porta del fienile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drzwi stodoły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двері сараю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ușă hambar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πόρτα του αχυρώνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuur deur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ladugårdsdörren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

låvedør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of barn door

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARN DOOR»

The term «barn door» is regularly used and occupies the 70.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARN DOOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about barn door

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QUOTES WITH «BARN DOOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word barn door.
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James Thomas Fields
A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARN DOOR»

Discover the use of barn door in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to barn door and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Open the Barn Door--
A lift-the-flap book revealing what you can find in a barn, in a sty, under a hen, and more. On board pages.
‎1993
2
Barn door to balance sheet
John G Smith. A balance sheet comes at the end. It brings everything together. A cardinal rule is that every debit has an equal and compensating credit. We are not talking about a financial statement: we are talking about life. It is not a bad ...
John G Smith
3
The Secret Barn Door
Mary Ann makes many friends behind the secret barn door and never loses hope that they will find her. The creatures of the enchanted forest great and small all have a hand in saving her from her captors and helping her to find her way home.
Gina Beck, 2005
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A General Theory of Visual Culture
(In this regard we can say that Untitled and a red barn door have different styles.) Adapting Ludwig Wittgenstein's slogan about language-games, Danto says, “To imagine a work of art [Wittgenstein had said 'language-game'] is to imagine a ...
Whitney Davis, 2011
5
Vehicle Extrication: A Practical Guide
... would normally allow and the term removal, which is self-explanatory. The procedure of removing the front and rear doors, the "B" post, and center pillar in one big piece has several names including rip and blitz, barn door, and side- out.
Brian G. Anderson, 2004
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It's About Time: Understanding Einstein's Relativity
Suppose that each barn door is closed except when the pole is actually in the doorway. The two vertical lines represent these doors, which are shut when the lines are solid and open when they are dotted. The points making up the moving  ...
N. David Mermin, 2009
7
An Invitation to Cognitive Science: Language
In the case of "darn bore" for "barn door" we might characterize the slip as the exchange of /b/ and /d/, thus providing evidence that things such as /d/ and /b/, phonemes, are building blocks of speech. We might furthermore hypothesize from the ...
Daniel N. Osherson, Lila R. Gleitman, 1995
8
Ally and Shawn
He had remembered to close the barn door and the tack room door. He got out the door and closed it with the latch. He threw himself underneath the steps of the tack room where there was enough room for him, the wrapped guns and the ...
A. M. Boling, 2011
9
Louden Hay Unloading Tools, Barn Door Hangers, Specialties
There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
Louden MacHinery Company, 2010
10
Now Is the Hour
I was just about ready, my breath was coming hard, when out of the blue, the latch on the back barn door turned, then the squeak of the hinges of the back door, then the door was open, and there she was standing right there next to me in her ...
Tom Spanbauer, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARN DOOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term barn door is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blazek restoring his family's barn - AgriNews.com: Iowa News
To put in the chicken floors, he shortened the big sliding barn door. "My brother, Dick, and I had to haul up all the chicken feed by hand and pick ... «Agri News, Jul 15»
2
VB Webinar: Is CMO vs. CIO the new Sales vs. Marketing …
... says that “marketing don't produce high quality leads for us to close,” and marketing exclaim that “the sales team couldn't close a barn door.”. «VentureBeat, Jul 15»
3
New owner tries to save historic house - Beaumont Enterprise
In many cases, it's the same as closing the barn door after the cows escape. "It's a huge project," Carter conceded. Carter lives in Galveston and ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Jul 15»
4
Why Do Cyclists Break the Rules?
By Barn Door. Recent Posts. Why Do Cyclists Break the Rules? July 4, 2015 5:25 p.m.. Fixing What Isn't Broke… The Keurig Ripoff and Bottom ... «Geneseo Republic, Jul 15»
5
Has the cattle industry reached the end of the antibiotic era?
“It's going to be like closing the barn door after the horse has left. That's why we have to be so careful with the antibiotic tools that we still have.” ... «Alberta Express, Jul 15»
6
Maine barn built for animals houses growing granola empire
Like the string of owners that have left their mark on this country factory, GrandyOats has its own share of tales. A splintered barn door leading ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Maine barn built for animals houses growing granola empire …
Like the string of owners that have left their mark on this country factory, GrandyOats has its own share of tales. A splintered barn door leading ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Modern home has emphasis on technology and efficiency
One of the bedrooms is accessible through a barn door and is furnished as an upstairs living area. Of special note is the family entry on the ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Greenbrier Classic: Too close to call - Bluefield Daily Telegraph …
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — The Greenbrier Classic is as wide open as a barn door in a tornado. Four golfers are tied for the lead at ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Oklahoma Supreme Court Sides With Homeowners: Yes, You CAN …
... been better just to stop them in the first place? Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. Watch our commentary on fracking ... «Ring of Fire, Jul 15»

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