Associations to the word «Barren»
Noun
- Tundra
- Pine
- Vegetation
- Desolation
- Expanse
- Bog
- Desert
- Waste
- Plain
- Womb
- Steppe
- Vast
- Dry
- Empty
- Grassland
- Landscape
- Hillside
- Wilderness
- Stretch
- Soil
- Plateau
- Swamp
- Reindeer
- Precipice
- Heath
- Scrub
- Herd
- Sand
- Lichen
- Shrub
- Woodland
- Slope
- Ravine
- Grass
- Flat
- Tract
- Prairie
- Eucalyptus
- Land
- Patch
- Ridge
- Hill
- Wild
- Islet
- Grounds
- Limestone
- Boulder
- Lava
- Butte
- Mountain
- Thicket
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
BARREN, adjective. (not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile.
BARREN, adjective. Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
BARREN, adjective. Bleak.
BARREN, adjective. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
BARREN, adjective. Mentally dull; stupid.
BARREN, noun. An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
Dictionary definition
BARREN, noun. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert".
BARREN, adjective. 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, adjective. Not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile".
BARREN, adjective. Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning".
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