BARN

barn

(noun) an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

barn

(noun) (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

barn (plural barns)

(agriculture) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.

(informal, basketball, ice hockey) An arena.

Verb

barn (third-person singular simple present barns, present participle barning, simple past and past participle barned)

(transitive) To lay up in a barn.

Etymology 2

Noun

barn (plural barns)

(dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.

Synonyms

• (child): bairn

Anagrams

• Bran, NRAB, bran

Source: Wiktionary

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Barn, n. Etym: [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. Barley.]

Definition: A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings.

– Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.

Barn, v. t.

Definition: To lay up in a barn. [Obs.] Shak. Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller.

Barn, n.

Definition: A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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