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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024barn1 /bɑrn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a building for storing hay and grain, and often for keeping animals.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024barn1 (bärn),USA pronunciation n. - a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- a very large garage for buses, trucks, etc.;
carbarn. v.t. - to store (hay, grain, etc.) in a barn.
- bef. 950; Middle English bern, Old English berern (bere (see barley1) + ern, ǣrn house, cognate with Old Frisian fīaern cowhouse, Old High German erin, Gothic razn, Old Norse rann house; compare ransack, rest1)
barn′like′, adj. barn2 (bärn),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]- Physicsa unit of nuclear cross section, equal to 10-24 square centimeter. Abbr.: b
- special use of barn1 1945–50
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