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Meanings of barrow in English
A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels.
Synonyms
Examples for "wheelbarrow"
Examples for "wheelbarrow"
1
Mrs McLeod said another memory from that year was the wheelbarrow race.
2
A leather case containing the money had been left beside the wheelbarrow.
3
In the shed beside the garden-gate the gardener had left his wheelbarrow.
4
Susan put him in the wheelbarrow and wheeled him to the house.
5
The boy is pushing a wheelbarrow with a yellow shovel in it.
1
The creaking was a garden cart festooned with a string of LEDs.
2
Several bags of tulip bulbs, each a different color, lay open on a flat garden cart.
3
A larger-sized garden cart can easily handle loads of compost, soil, rocks, and bales of hay.
4
For larger gardens , consider a few main paths that are wide enough for a passing garden cart.
5
Some garden carts have removable back panels that make dumping easier.
Usage of barrow in English
1
Some days there were ten barrow loads, i.e., ten times six thousand.
2
Kit went to the end of the barrow-like mound of the turnip-pit.
3
Mudford and his barrow departed; and Tara looked appealingly at her mother.
4
Then Arthur happened to notice the wheel of the barrow-itssole wheel.
5
They would walk it and excavate the strange barrow, find their history.
6
On the way I had to pass close to a large barrow.
7
He had not given one of them leave to touch the barrow.
8
His lower lip dropped sadly and he turned slowly to his barrow:
9
If he tries to salute he will upset the barrow, you know.
10
They wheeled in a barrow a mate whose mispoise made self-locomotion impossible.
11
They were very badly suited for handling the mattock, shovel, and hand-barrow.
12
Each man pointed at the barrow bewitched, and all their tongues wagged.
13
The trail ended at the steaming heap of a disturbed burial barrow.
14
Then I ran the barrow back through the deluge to the garage.
15
The barrow at the waterfront was selling crêpes instead of candy floss.
16
They were the sons of a gentleman, after all, not barrow boys.
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Barrow through the time
Barrow across language varieties
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