noun
barrow
BAIR-oh/ˈbærəʊ/
A small wheeled cart pushed by hand for carrying loads.
The small barrow holds soil in its shallow tray above a single wheel.
Etymology
The earlier barewe was a load-carrying frame with handles, requiring two people and having no wheel. The handcart sense preserves that carrying function in a wheeled device.
In context
We fill up our barrow and pile them up high And if you don't wheel it another will try.
More examples
- A market vendor arranges fruit on his barrow.
- They use two barrows to move the bags of soil.
- The broken wheel leaves the barrow tilted to one side.
Forms
barrow · barrows
Similar words
- wheelbarrow
- Usually specifies a one-wheeled garden or construction cart.
- cart
- Broader; may be pulled by animals or a vehicle.