noun. A frame used by two or more men in carrying a load; formerly, any such frame, as a stretcher or bier; specifically, a flat rectangular frame of bars or boards, with projecting shafts or handles (in England called trams) at both ends, by which it is carried: usually called a hand-barrow.

noun. A similar frame, generally used in the form of a shallow box with either flaring or upright sides, and supported in front formerly by two wheels, now by a single small wheel inserted between the front shafts, and pushed by one man, who supports the end opposite to the wheel by means of the rear shafts: usually called a wheelbarrow.

noun. A frame or box of larger size, resting on an axle between two large wheels, and pushed or pulled by means of shafts at one end; a hand-cart: as, a costermonger's barrow.

noun. A barrowful; the load carried in or on a barrow.

noun. In salt-works, a wicker case in which the salt is put to drain.

noun. The egg-case of a skate or a ray: so called from its resemblance to a hand-barrow.

To wheel or convey in a barrow: as, to barrow coal in a pit.

noun. A hill or mountain: originally applied to hills or mountains of any height, even the greatest, but later restricted to lower elevations. In this sense the word survives only in provincial use or as a part of local names in England.

noun. A mound; a heap. In particular A mound of earth or stones raised over a grave; a sepulchral mound; a tumulus.

noun. A burrow or warren. See burrow, berry.

noun. Same as barrow-coat.

noun. A castrated boar. Also called barrow-pig or barrow-hog.

noun. A wood or grove: a word surviving only in English local names, as Barrow-in-Furness, Barrowfield.

noun. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See handbarrow, and wheelbarrow.

noun. A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.

noun. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

noun. A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.

noun. A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.

noun. A castrated boar.

noun. A mountain.

noun. A hill.

noun. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

noun. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

noun. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

noun. a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

noun. the quantity that a barrow will hold

noun. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

"The barrow is short, with its wheel well placed under the load which may be stacked high."

handbarrow  luggage-barrow  sack-barrow  wheel-barrow  

cart  containerful  gocart  handcart  hill  

Darrow  Faro  Guerrero  Harrow  Madero  

waggon  wheelbarrow  

anthill  arch  beehive tomb  boar  bone house  

handbarrow  wheelbarrow