barrow

UK: /ˈbærəʊ/ US: /ˈbæroʊ/ ,(bar′ō)

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bar•row¹ /ˈbæroʊ/   n. 

1. British Terms handbarrow.
2. wheelbarrow.
3. British Terms Brit. pushcart.

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bar•row¹  (bar′ō), n. 

1. British Terms a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, esp. such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles;
   handbarrow.
2. a wheelbarrow.
3. British Terms a pushcart used by street vendors, esp. by costermongers.

• bef. 1000; Middle English bar(e)we, Old English bearwe; akin to Middle High German bere, bier, bear¹

bar•row²  (bar′ō), n. 

1. Archaeology tumulus (def. 1).
2. British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] a hill (sometimes used in combination):
   Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire.

• bef. 900; Middle English berw, beruh, bargh, berg(h), Old English beorg hill, mound; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German berg mountain, Old Norse bjarg, berg cliff, Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera heap; akin to Avestan bərəz-, bərəzant-, Sanskrit bṛhánt- high. See borough

bar•row³  (bar′ō), n. 

1. Animal Husbandry a castrated male swine.

• bef. 1000; Middle English barowe, baru, Old English bearg; cognate with Old High German barug, Old Norse bǫrgr. Cf. bore¹, whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration)

Bar•row  (bar′ō), n. 

Also called Bar•row-in-Fur•ness  (bar′ō in fûr′nis). a seaport in Cumbria, in NW England. 73,900.
1. Place Names Point, the N tip of Alaska: the northernmost point of the U.S.
2. Place Names a town in N Alaska, S of Barrow Point: site of a government science-research center. 2207.

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barrow / ˈbærəʊ/ noun

1. See wheelbarrow, handbarrow
2. Also called: barrowful the amount contained in or on a barrow
3. a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors

Etymology: Old English bearwe; related to Old Norse barar bier, Old High German bāra

barrow / ˈbærəʊ/ noun

1. a heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches. Long barrows are elongated Neolithic mounds usually covering stone burial chambers; round barrows are Bronze Age, covering burials or cremations

Etymology: Old English beorg; related to Old Norse bjarg, Gothic bairgahei hill, Old High German berg mountain

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Barrow / ˈbærəʊ/ noun

1. a river in SE Ireland, rising in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and flowing south to Waterford Harbour. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)
2. See Barrow-in-Furness, Point Barrow