B is for Barren

Photo of a group of donkeys
Brian Forbes / CC BY-SA

Bis forBarren (donkey)

A group of donkeys or mules is called a barren.
Collective nouns
Photo of barren land
Sara Goldsmith / CC BY-SA

Bis forBarren (adjective)

An animal or plant is barren if it cannot produce offspring. Land is barren if almost nothing can grow in it, and it can't be used as farmland. The opposite of barren is fertile, and a similar word to barren is sterile.
Adjectives