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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. b.a unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10 28 square metre

“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

  • barnlike adjective
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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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Idioms and Phrases

see can't hit the broad side of a barn; lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
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Example Sentences

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The road to Dover, Delaware, is lined with barns and giant wheat fields and all the other signs of American abundance.

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Their building — a century-old barn once owned by the Robinson Bus Company — carries deep history.

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But most cows spend a lot more time in barns, eating grain.

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“It’s like a movie set,” Bifano said, gesturing to the elegant barn, brook, bridges and all the plants that tie them together.

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The water sometimes doesn’t work, some of the grandstand has been condemned and uninhabitable, and the barns, well, almost all but the stakes horses ship in from training tracks or Laurel.

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