barn

barn

 (bärn)

n.

1. A large building for sheltering livestock, storing hay or other agricultural products, or housing equipment used for operating a farm.

2. A large shed for the housing of vehicles, such as railroad cars.

3. A particularly large, typically bare building: lived in a barn of a country house.

4. Abbr. b Physics A unit of area equal to 10^-24 square centimeters, used to measure cross sections in nuclear physics.

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[Middle English bern, from Old English berærn : bere, barley; see bhares- in Indo-European roots + ærn, house.]

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barn

(bɑːn)

n

1. (Agriculture) a large farm outbuilding, used chiefly for storing hay, grain, etc, but also for housing livestock

2. (Railways) US and Canadian a large shed for sheltering railroad cars, trucks, etc

3. any large building, esp an unattractive one

4. (Agriculture) (modifier) relating to a system of poultry farming in which birds are allowed to move freely within a barn: barn eggs.

[Old English beren, from bere barley + ærn room; see barley¹]

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barn

(bɑːn)

n

(Units) a unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10^–28 square metre. Symbol: b

[C20: from barn¹; so called because of the relatively large cross section]

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barn¹

(bɑrn)
n.

1. a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.

2. a very large garage for buses, trucks, etc.; carbarn.

v.t.

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

[before 950; Middle English bern, Old English berern=bere (see barley) + ern, ǣrn house, c. Old Frisian fīaern cowhouse, Old Norse rann, Gothic razn house; compare ransack]

barn′like`, adj.

barn²

(bɑrn)

n.

a unit of area equal to 10^-24 square centimeter, used in measuring cross sections of atomic nuclei.

[1945–50; allegedly a facetious allusion to the phrase “as big as a barn”]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	barn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed - a barn for cows farm building - a building on a farm hayloft, mow, haymow - a loft in a barn where hay is stored tithe barn - barn originally built to hold tithes paid in kind and common in England
	2.	barn - (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter b atomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics - the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas

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barn

noun grainstore, store, shed, grange, outbuilding She's down at the barn.

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Translations

الهُري: مَخْزَن حُبوبهُرْي

stodola

ladestald

Scheune

αχυρώνας

granerocuadraestablo

lato

grangegrenierbarn

ambar

csûrcsűristállópajta

hlaðahlaîalåve

granaiofienile

納屋

헛간

daržinėklėtisūkinis pastatas

klētsšķūnis

schuur

låvestallfjøs

stodoła

celeiro

гумноовинамбар

stodola

hlevskedenjštala

ladugård

โรงนา

samanlıkçiftlik ambarı

kho thóc

谷仓

barn

[bɑːn]

A. N → granero m; (= raised barn) → troje f (US) (for horses) → cuadra f; (for cattle) → establo m; (for buses etc) → parque m, garaje m
a great barn of a house → una casa enorme, un caserón

B. CPD barn dance N → baile m campesino
barn door N → puerta f de granero
barn owl N → lechuza f

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barn

[ˈbɑː^rn] n (= building) → grange f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

barn

n

→ Scheune f, → Scheuer f; (in field) → Schober m (S Ger, Aus); a great barn of a house → eine große Scheune (inf)

(US, for streetcars, trucks) → Depot nt, → Hof m

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barn

:

barn owl

n → Schleiereule f

barnstorm

vi (esp US Theat) → in der Provinz spielen; (Pol) → in der Provinz Wahlreden halten

barnstormer

n (US Pol) → Wahlredner(in) m(f) → in der Provinz; (Theat) → Wanderschauspieler(in) m(f)

barnstorming

adj (Brit) performance → hinreißend

barnyard

n → (Bauern)hof m; barn fowl(s) pl → (Haus)geflügel nt

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barn

[bɑːn] n → fienile m, granaio; (for animals) → stalla

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barn

(baːn) noun

a building in which grain, hay etc are stored. The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn. skuur الهُري: مَخْزَن حُبوب хамбар celeiro stodola die Scheune lade; stald αχυρώναςgranero küün انبار کاه lato grangeאסם खलिहान ambar, suša, štagalj csűr lumbung, gudang hlaða granaio 納屋 곡식 창고 ūkinis pastatas, daržinė, klėtis klēts; šķūnis bangsal schuurlåve, fjøs, stallstodoła ګودام، پوس خونه، غوجل celeiro hambar амбар stodola skedenj ambar lada, loge ยุ้งฉาง; โรงนา çiftlik ambarı, samanlık 穀倉 комора باڑا ، کو ٹھا kho thóc 谷仓

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barn

→ هُرْي stodola lade Scheune αχυρώνας granero lato grange ambar granaio 納屋 헛간 schuur låve stodoła celeiro амбар ladugård โรงนา samanlık kho thóc 谷仓

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