barn
$ \mathrm{barn}^1 | bärn |
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noun
a large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.: 穀物、干し草、麦わらの貯蔵や家畜のために使われる大きな農場の建物
納屋, 物置; 家畜小屋; 穀物倉庫.
North American a large shed used for storing vehicles.: 乗り物をしまうために使われる大きな物置
｟米｠ (電車･トラックなどの)車庫
a large and unattractive building: 大きくて魅力のない建物
｟くだけて｠ 大きく飾り気のない建物
e.g. moved into that barn of a house.: 大きくて飾り気のない家に引っ越しした
ORIGIN
Old English bern, berern, from bere‘barley’ + ern, ærn ‘house’.
$ \mathrm{barn}^2 | bärn | (abbreviation b)
noun Physics
a unit of area, 10−28 square meters, used especially in particle physics.
ORIGIN
1940s: apparently from the phrase as big as a barn door.