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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
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 10â28 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
Barn, n. Etym: [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ĂŠrn, 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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