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barn

1

[ bahrn ]

noun

  1. a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
  2. a very large garage for buses, trucks, etc.; carbarn.


verb (used with object)

  1. to store (hay, grain, etc.) in a barn.

barn

2

[ bahrn ]

noun

Physics.
  1. a unit of nuclear cross section, equal to 10 −24 square centimeter. : b

barn

1

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a large farm outbuilding, used chiefly for storing hay, grain, etc, but also for housing livestock
  2. a large shed for sheltering railroad cars, trucks, etc
  3. any large building, esp an unattractive one
  4. modifier relating to a system of poultry farming in which birds are allowed to move freely within a barn

    barn eggs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

barn

2

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10 28square metre b
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barn1

before 950; Middle English bern, Old English berern ( bere ( barley 1 ) + ern, ǣrn house, cognate with Old Frisian ī cowhouse, Old High German erin, Gothic razn, Old Norse rann house; ransack, rest 1 )

Origin of barn2

First recorded in 1945–50; special use of barn 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of barn1

Old English beren , from bere barley + æ room; see barley 1

Origin of barn2

C20: from barn 1; so called because of the relatively large cross section
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I think the nicest ones that are always kept up the best are the permanent bathrooms across from the craft beer barn near the Do Lab’s usual space.

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Bifano also is overseeing the planting of more than 500 special coleus plants around the large red barn — aptly named the Barn — on Streisand’s property.

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When the bird flu virus began striking dairy farms last year, dead barn cats were often the first sign.

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Key to that has been the barn theatre, part of a £200m refurbishment carried out before the pandemic.

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Found hanging in his barn by Misty and Natalie in the present.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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