Barn or granary? wich is more common?

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0I tried to translate a word that is related to farm, a house where farmers keep the food the collect, and I came to words barn and granary... Is there a difference between those words? what is the most common word of the two? the one more people know about? 0-

Madhulk · Accepted Answer

0 Well I watch the US TV Show Smallville for 7 seasons now and I haven't heard02br
00anyone to use "granary". They always say "barn". So there you have it. Barn is more02br
00common.02br
00The 01b00granary02b00 is only for storing the grain. While the 01b00barn02b00 is the place for agricultural 02br
00products and equipment or for housing farm animals.0-

Noddyy · Answer

0Thank you very much, because I searched for the translation from portuguese 'celeiro' to english and they translated as granary, though I never had seen that word before, well barn I have seen before related to a farm.. 050010id1

Noddyy · Answer

0Yet I must say I was thinking of words that we immediatly associate when we think of a farm, do you have any suggestions?050010id4

BarbaraPA · Answer

0Hi noddyy, and welcome to the forums. 02br
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00You may be thinking of a grain silo. 01a05000 02a02br
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00The animals live in the barn.0230hrefhttp://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/grain-silo.html

Noddyy · Answer

0thanks, I'm actualy thinking of a barn... not a silo, thanks for the pictures too 0-

Feebs11 · Answer

0Both words are common but they do have different uses.  Granary is specifically a place in which grain was stored, whereas a barn is a large farm building used for storing hay, straw or grain, or to house livestock or machinery.  Does the context of the word not tell you which to use? 0-

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