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barn | x |

As a noun barn

is (label) a building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle or barn can be (dialect|parts of northern england) a child.

As a verb barn

is to lay up in a barn.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

barn

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) bern, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
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  • (label) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  • An arena.
  • Derived terms
    * barnstar * barnstorm * barnyard * barn dance * barn door * barn owl * barn-raising * born in a barn * raised in a barn * smell the barn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay up in a barn.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
    (Fuller)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) barn, bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
  • Synonyms
    * (child) bairn

    Anagrams

    * * English syncopic forms ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----