cowshed

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noun

A shed for keeping cows.

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Meanings

nouncowshed (plural cowsheds)

plural cowsheds

  1. A shed for keeping cows.

    K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, / You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore; / When the m-m-m-moon shines, / Over the cowshed, / I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.

    1917, Geoffrey O'Hara, “K-K-K-Katy”

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna barn for cows

Similar
cowbarncow barncowhousebyre
Broader
barn
Also see
byrecowbarncowhouse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cow + shed.

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Translations

Bulgarian краварник
  • краварник (kravarnik)place for cows
Chinese Mandarin 牛舍, 牛房
  • 牛舍 (niúshě)place for cows
  • 牛房 (niúfáng)place for cows
  • 牛棚 (niúpéng)place for cows
Czech kravín, chlév
  • kravínplace for cows
  • chlévplace for cows
Dutch koestal, koeiestal
  • koestalplace for cows
  • koeiestalplace for cows
Esperanto bovejo
  • bovejoplace for cows
Finnish navetta
  • navettaplace for cows
French étable, vacherie
  • étableplace for cows
  • vacherieplace for cows
  • bouverieplace for cows
German Kuhstall
  • Kuhstallplace for cows
Greek βουστάσιο
  • βουστάσιο (voustásio)place for cows
Hebrew רֶפֶת
  • רֶפֶת (réfet)place for cows
Hindi गौशाला
  • गौशाला (gauśālā)place for cows
Hungarian tehénistálló
  • tehénistállóplace for cows
Irish cró beithíoch, cró eallaigh
  • cró beithíochplace for cows
  • cró eallaighplace for cows
  • bóitheachplace for cows
Italian vaccheria
  • vaccheriaplace for cows
Japanese 牛舎
  • 牛舎 (gyūsha)place for cows
Korean 우사
  • 우사 (usa)place for cows
Polish obora
  • oboraplace for cows
Portuguese vacaria, estábulo
  • vacariaplace for cows
  • estábuloplace for cows
Romanian staul de vaci, grajd
  • staul de vaciplace for cows
  • grajdplace for cows
Russian коро́вник, хлев
  • коро́вник (koróvnik)place for cows
  • хлев (xlev)place for cows
Scottish Gaelic bàthach
  • bàthachplace for cows
Slovak kravín
  • kravínplace for cows
Spanish vaqueriza
  • vaquerizaplace for cows
Swedish ladugård, kohus
  • ladugårdplace for cows
  • kohusplace for cows
Tamil மாட்டுக்கிடை, மாட்டுக்கொட்டில்
  • மாட்டுக்கிடை (māṭṭukkiṭai)place for cows
  • மாட்டுக்கொட்டில் (māṭṭukkoṭṭil)place for cows
Turkish ahır
  • ahırplace for cows
Ukrainian корі́вник, хлів
  • корі́вник (korívnyk)place for cows
  • хлів (xliv)place for cows
  • корі́вня (korívnja)place for cows
  • обо́ра (obóra)place for cows
Welsh beudy
  • beudyplace for cows
Cite this entry
APA

cowshed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowshed

MLA

“cowshed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowshed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowshed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowshed.

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