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barn B0081600 (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. [Middle English bern, from Old English berærn : bere, barley; see bhares- in Indo-European roots + ærn, house.]barn (bɑːn) n1. (Agriculture) a large farm outbuilding, used chiefly for storing hay, grain, etc, but also for housing livestock2. (Railways) US and Canadian a large shed for sheltering railroad cars, trucks, etc3. any large building, esp an unattractive one4. (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]
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]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”] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | barn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animalsbyre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed - a barn for cowsfarm building - a building on a farmhayloft, mow, haymow - a loft in a barn where hay is storedtithe 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 encounterbatomic physics, nuclear physics, nucleonics - the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nucleiarea unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas |
barnnoun grainstore, store, shed, grange, outbuilding She's down at the barn.Translationsbarn (baːn) noun a building in which grain, hay etc are stored. The farmer keeps his tractor in the barn. 穀倉 谷仓barn
barn findSomething of great value, usually a vintage automobile, that was discovered abandoned in some place that is unbefitting or unbecoming its value, as in a disused barn, shed, or the like. Did you hear about that massive barn find outside of town? They discovered about 15 old cars, each of which was worth about $40,000!See also: barn, findbarnburnerAny thing, event, or occasion that is especially exciting, impressive, and/or successful. I had so much fun at Jonathan's bachelor party last night; it was a real barnburner! The majority of the game was rather lackluster, but it was a barnburner in the final quarter.close the barn door after the horse has boltedTo try to prevent or rectify a problem after the damage has already been done. It isn't worth replacing the oil filter on the engine now—you can't close the barn door after the horse has bolted.See also: after, barn, bolt, close, door, horseclose the stable door after the horse has boltedTo try to prevent or rectify a problem after the damage has already been done. It isn't worth replacing the oil filter on the engine now—you can't close the stable door after the horse has bolted.See also: after, bolt, close, door, horse, stablearound Robin Hood's barnOn a long, indirect route. A: "What took you guys so long to get here?" B: "Well, rather than just going through town, our esteemed driver took us all around Robin Hood's barn instead!"See also: around, barn, robinborn in a barnUncouth. Uncultured. Most often used in the phrase "were you born in a barn?" What, were you born in a barn? Wash your hands before dinner!See also: barn, borngo around Robin Hood's barnTo take a long, indirect route. A: "What took you guys so long to get here?" B: "Well, rather than just going through town, our esteemed driver went around Robin Hood's barn instead!"See also: around, barn, go, robin(as) broad as a barn doorVery wide. Your mattress is as broad as a barn door—there's no way you'll fit it in that room!See also: barn, broad, doorcan't hit the (broad) side of a barnslang Has very poor aim. Boy, you can't hit the broad side of a barn—the net is over here, you know! These guys haven't made a single basket in the last 10 minutes—they just can't hit the side of a barn right now.See also: barn, hit, of, sidelock the barn door after the horse has boltedTo try to prevent or rectify a problem after the damage has already been done. My father quit smoking after he was diagnosed with lung cancer, but I'm afraid he's locking the barn door after the horse has bolted.See also: after, barn, bolt, door, horse, lockraised in a barnUncouth, uncultured, and oblivious to social manners, graces, or tact. Most often used in the phrase "Were you raised in a barn?" What, were you born in a barn? Wash your hands before dinner!See also: barn, raisedhit the (broad) side of a barnslang To hit a target that is difficult to miss. Almost always used in the negative to mean that one has very bad aim. Boy, you can't hit the broad side of a barn—the net is over here, you know! These guys haven't made a single basket in the last 10 minutes—they just can't hit the side of a barn right now.See also: barn, hit, of, sideall around Robin Hood's barngoing somewhere by an indirect route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route. We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.See also: all, around, barn, robin*broad as a barn doorvery broad or wide. (*Also: as ~.) Jim's backside is as broad as a barn door. The weight lifter's chest is broad as a barn door.See also: barn, broad, doorcan't hit the (broad) side of a barnRur. cannot aim something accurately. You're way off. You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Please don't try to throw the paper into the wastebasket. You can't hit the side of a barn.See also: barn, hit, of, sidehit the (broad) side of a barnFig. to hit an easy target. (Usually negative.) He can't park that car! He can't hit the broad side of a barn, let alone that parking place. He's a lousy shot. He can't hit the side of a barn.See also: barn, hit, of, sideraised in a barnbrought up to behave like a barnyard animal; having crude behavior. Close the door behind you! Were you raised in a barn? Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve. Were you raised in a barn?See also: barn, raisedWere you born in a barn?Rur. an expression chiding someone who has left a door open or who is ill-mannered or messy. Andy: Close the door! Were you born in a barn? Bob: Sorry. Fred: Can't you clean this place up a little? Were you born in a barn? Bob: I call it the messy look.See also: borncan't hit the broad side of a barnHave very poor aim. For example, That rookie can't hit the broad side of a barn, let alone strike anyone out or, as put in The New Republic (February 19, 1990): "Their missiles couldn't hit the broad side of a barn." This hyperbolic term, dating from the mid-1800s, at first denoted poor marksmanship. Around 1900 it also began to be used in baseball, for a pitcher with poor aim. See also: barn, broad, hit, of, sidelock the barn door after the horse has boltedAlso, lock the stable door after the horse is stolen. Take precautions after damage has occurred. For example, After the burglary they installed an alarm system, but it's locking the barn door, or Deciding to negotiate now after they've been fired-that's a matter of locking the stable door after the horse is stolen . These expressions of action that is useless because it comes too late have long been proverbs in many languages and first appeared in English in the mid-1300s. See also: after, barn, bolt, door, horse, lockclose the stable door after the horse has bolted BRITISH or close the barn door after the horse has bolted AMERICANIf someone's action is closing the stable door after the horse has bolted, it is too late because the thing it is designed to prevent has already happened. It is nice to see the water company offering a reward to catch the fish killers, even though it might look like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. People have been complaining about a strong smell of gas for seven years. This is closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. Note: This expression is often varied. For instance, you can use shut instead of close, and words such as gone or escaped instead of bolted. The children should have been vaccinated earlier. It seems like they are shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. Note: People sometimes just say close the stable door or close the barn door. Journalists exposed the fraud, since when the regulators have been scuttling to close the stable door.See also: after, bolt, close, door, horse, stableround Robin Hood's barn by a circuitous route. Robin Hood is the semi-legendary English medieval outlaw reputed to have robbed the rich and helped the poor. In this expression, Robin Hood's barn represents an out-of-the-way place of a kind that might be used by an outlaw or fugitive such as Robin Hood. Recorded from the mid 19th century, the phrase seems to have originated in the dialect speech of the English Midlands, the area in which Robin Hood is said to have operated.See also: barn, robin, roundcan’t hit the (broad) side of a barn tv. cannot aim something accurately. You’re way off. You couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. See also: barn, broad, hit, of, sidecan’t hit the side of a barn verbSee can’t hit the broad side of a barnSee also: barn, hit, of, sideWere you born in a barn? interrog. Weren’t you trained to close the door by yourself? You sure are careless with that door. Were you born in a barn? See also: borncan't hit the broad side of a barnDescribing a person with very poor aim. The term is thought to have originated in the mid-nineteenth century in the military. It was often repeated in the early twentieth century, when it was applied to untalented baseball pitchers who could not throw the ball over the plate with any consistency. The “broad side” in this expression also suggests the old naval meaning of broadside, that is, a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship. However, there are numerous variants (the inside of a barn, the right side of a barn with a shotgun, and so on) that suggest the term may also have been rural in origin.See also: barn, broad, hit, of, sidelock the barn/stable door after the horse has bolted/is stolen, toTo take precautions after damage has been done. This proverb, found in many languages, first appeared in a French collection of ca. 1190 and found its way into a Middle English manuscript, Douce MS, by about 1350. It has been repeated ever since. Stanley Walker poked fun at it (The Uncanny Knacks of Mr. Doherty, 1941): “He locked the stable door while they were putting the cart before the horse.”See also: after, barn, bolt, door, horse, lock, stablecouldn't hit the side of a barnA lousy shot. This useful phrase can be applied to baseball pitchers who can't get the ball over the plate, basketball players who miss free throws, golfers whose balls routinely go out of bounds, target shooters and archers who miss the target, and anyone else who can't get it right. Another similar farm-based expression is “couldn't hit a bull's ass with a barn shovel.”See also: barn, hit, of, sidebarn
barn, abbr. b, in physics, unit of nuclear cross section, i.e., the effective target presented by a nucleusnucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom. The Nature of the Nucleus Composition
Atomic nuclei are composed of two types of particles, protons and neutrons, which are collectively known as nucleons. ..... Click the link for more information. for collisions leading to nuclear reactions; it is equal to 10−24 square centimeters. The barn is approximately the size of the geometric cross section of an atomic nucleus; the term was coined because an effective cross section that large would present a target "as big as a barn," i.e., an easy target for nuclear bombardment. In practice, effective cross sections of nuclei for many reactions are measured in millibarns (10−3 barn) because, for most interactions, only a small fraction of collisions cause reactions.BarnA building for housing animals and storing farm equipment, hay, and other agricultural produce.Barn a unit of effective cross-sectional area of nuclear processes. One barn = 10–24 cm2 = 10–28 m2. Selection of this unit is related to the fact that the geometric cross sections of atomic nuclei are on the order of 10–24 cm2 in size. The magnitudes of the majority of cross sections of nuclear reactions usually lie in the range between 10–22 cm2 and 10–27cm2. For this reason fractional and multiple barn units are used, such as millibarn (10–27 cm2), microbarn (10–30 cm2), and megabarn (10–18 cm2). barn[′bärn] (agriculture) A farm building used for storage of agricultural products and equipment or for housing farm animals. (nuclear physics) A unit of area equal to 10-24 square centimeter; used in specifying nuclear cross sections. Symbolized b. barnA farm building, most often rectangular (but occasionally circular or polygonal), for housing farm animals, storing farm equipment, threshing grain, and storing grain, hay, and other agricultural produce. Barn construction usually depends on such factors as the local climate and traditions, building materials available, the skills and time required for construction, and the cost. For some examples, see bank barn, basement barn, circular barn, connected barn, Connecticut barn, crib barn, double barn, Dutch barn, English barn, forebay barn, four-crib barn, German barn, hex barn, New England connected barn, octagon barn, Pennsylvania barn, Pennsylvania Dutch barn, potato barn, raised barn, round barn, side-hill barn, Sweitzer barn, Swiss barn, three-bay barn, tobacco barn, Yankee barn.barn1 US and Canadian a large shed for sheltering railroad cars, trucks, etc.
barn2 a unit of nuclear cross section equal to 10--28 square metre. barn
barn (b), (barn), A unit of area for effective cross-section of atomic nuclei with respect to atomic projectiles; equal to 10-24 cm2. [fr. "big as the side of a barn" by humorous comparison with much smaller areas] A unit of area—10–24 cm2—for the effective cross-section of atomic nuclei; barns indicate the cross-sectional area in which atomic, nuclear, and particle interactions occurBARN Bilateral acute retinal necrosis Ophthalmology A condition characterized by herpes virus-induced anterior and posterior uveitis, papillitis with retinal detachment 1-3 months after onset, of which only 50% are bilateral. See Herpes. Barn
BARN, estates. A building on a farm used to receive the crop, the stabling of animals, and other purposes. 2. The grant or demise of a barn, without words superadded to extend its meaning, would pass no more than the barn itself, and as much land as would be necessary for its complete enjoyment. 4 Serg. & Rawle, 342. FinancialSeeBBARN
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Synonyms for barnnoun grainstoreSynonyms- grainstore
- store
- shed
- grange
- outbuilding
Synonyms for barnnoun an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animalsRelated Words- byre
- cow barn
- cowbarn
- cowhouse
- cowshed
- farm building
- hayloft
- mow
- haymow
- tithe barn
noun (physics) a unit of nuclear cross sectionSynonymsRelated Words- atomic physics
- nuclear physics
- nucleonics
- area unit
- square measure
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