barns

Noun (1)

barn (plural barns)

1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
   • One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
2. (nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²⁸ square metres.
3. (informal) An arena.
   • Maple Leaf Gardens was a grand old barn.
4. (slang) A warm and cozy place, especially a bedroom; a roost.

Noun (2)

barn (plural barns)

1. (certain Northern England dialects, otherwise obsolete) A child.

   Synonyms:

   bairn

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