barn raising

collocation in English

meaningsofbarnandraise

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barn
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːn/us
/bɑːrn/
a large building on a farm in which animals or hay (= dried grass) and grain ...
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raise
noun[C]
uk
/reɪz/us
/reɪz/
an increase in the amount that you are paid for the work ...
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(Definition ofbarnandraisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So arebarnraisingpractices in some frontier communities.
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The stage comes alive with abarnraising.
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It is constructed of hand-hewn timbers and shingles from the land it sits on and was built in a communitybarnraising.
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The last building, the barn, was built in a communitybarnraising.
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In construction pike poles (pick pole, spike pole) are used to lift the sides of timber framed structures, as inbarnraisingand utility poles.
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Barnraisingaddressed the need by enlisting members of the community, unpaid, to assist in the building of their neighbors' barns.
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A number of cultures have such gatherings, often for the purpose of holding a competition, as in a spelling bee, or for providing manual labour, as in abarnraising.
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Failure to attend abarnraisingwithout the best of reasons leads to censure within the community.
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Activities like planting, harvesting, processing, andbarnraisingoften required the collective effort of entire communities.
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Matthew worries that he will not be able to help in thebarnraisingbecause of his age.
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