NOUN | artifact | barn | an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing / housing farm animals |
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quantity | barn, b | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section |
Sounds | baa'rn | |
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Rhymes | darn ... yarn: 3 rhymes with aarn... |
Meaning | An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing / housing farm animals. | |
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Parts | hayloft, haymow, mow | A loft in a barn where hay is stored |
Narrower | cowbarn, cowshed, cow barn, cowhouse, byre | A barn for cows |
tithe barn | barn originally / originally built to hold tithes paid in kind and common in England | |
Broader | farm building | A building on a farm |
Spanish | establo, galpón, granero | |
Catalan | graner, pallol |
Meaning | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter. | |
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Synonym | b | |
Category | nuclear physics, atomic physics, nucleonics | The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei |
Broader | area unit, square measure | A system of units used to measure areas |
Spanish | barn, b |
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