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IELTS word

barren

/ˈber.Ι™n/adjective

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English definition

unable to grow many plants

Common phrases / collocations

  1. barren land
  2. barren soil
  3. barren landscape

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    The dry field had become barren.

  2. 2.

    The hillside was barren after the fire.

  3. 3.

    Few crops grow on barren soil.

Visual learning

See the meaning

A dry, cracked field stretches to the horizon with almost no vegetation.
unable to grow many plants
1soil is dry
2little grows
soil is dry→little grows