barrow

[US]/'bærəʊ/
[UK]/'bæro/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a device used for carrying things, also known as a handcart
a vehicle for carrying loads
an ancient burial mound

Phrases & Collocations

wheelbarrow

garden barrow

construction barrow

wheel barrow

Example Sentences

Barrow-in-Furness grew into a fishing village of about three hundred people by the 1840s.

A young man was bending low to push a heavily loaded barrow up a slope.

The two men with the barrows quarreled over a market pitch and both of them began to talk Billingsgate .

"Costermonger:One who sells fruit, vegetables, fish, or other goods from a cart, barrow, or stand in the streets."

The first could be the case if the product you are selling to these "senior types" is quite pukka, meaning that a barrow boy isn't the right person to sell it.

pushing a barrow full of bricks

loading a barrow with garden waste

a wheelbarrow full of tools

borrow a barrow for moving heavy items

a barrow race at the fair

wheeling a barrow through the construction site

a rusty barrow left in the corner

the gardener used a barrow to transport soil

a wooden barrow for hauling firewood

a metal barrow for collecting garbage

Real-world Examples

Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope's Court looked like a coster's orange barrow.

Source: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League

He withdrew from their sight down the barrow.

Source: Returning Home

One day he put the hats into his barrow and went along the road to the market.

Source: Recitation for Kings Volume 1 (All 100 Lessons)

" Take the barrow back to the coach-office" .

Source: Eugénie Grandet

A long barrow is an extended earth mound, with either a stone or timber burial chamber inside.

Source: A Concise History of Britain (Bilingual Selection)

Nanon shall take back your barrow.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

Poirot called to him, and he set down the barrow and came hobbling towards us.

Source: Murder at the golf course

On Sundays, people pushed their barrows to the market.

Source: Pan Pan

From around 3,800 BC they started building communal tombs called long barrows and large earthwork enclosures, which may have been gathering places.

Source: A Concise History of Britain (Bilingual Selection)

I knew only that the bright-red barrow was my enemy.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

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