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  1. 1. n. A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To lay up in a barn. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter Source: wordnet
  5. 5. A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, andother productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barnis often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe andAmerica (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns andother buildings.-- Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common American swallow (Hirundohorreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and raftersof barns. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals n. (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter Source: ecdict

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