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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋbærәn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊbærәn 〕


Overview of noun barren

The noun barren has 1 sense


  • barren, waste, wasteland -- (an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert")


Overview of adj barren

The adj barren has 3 senses


  • bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape")

  • barren -- (not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile")

  • barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent -- (completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning")