barrow

Everyday

1. A wheelbarrow: a small cart with one wheel at the front and two handles, pushed by hand. tree →
2. (UK) A small cart with two wheels used by street sellers to sell fruit and other goods (a market barrow). tree →
3. (history) A large mound of earth built long ago over a grave. tree →

In the lessons

In gardening and building, a barrow carries soil, bricks and leaves. In UK history lessons, ancient barrows are burial mounds from the Stone Age and Bronze Age. Phrases: wheelbarrow, barrow boy (a street trader), long barrow, round barrow.

Examples

• Grandad filled the barrow with weeds. tree →
• Can you push the barrow of bricks to the shed? tree →
• The fruit seller shouted from his barrow in the market. tree →
• We visited an old long barrow on the hill near Avebury. tree →
• Archaeologists found tools inside the barrow. tree →
• The barrow tipped over and the sand spilled out. tree →
• The hounds were running off, flocks of wild fowl flew screaming over the barrows, while the bramble bushes twined round the old stones. tree →

Note

Countable: barrows. Do not confuse with «borrow» (to take something and give it back) or «burrow» (an animal's hole). Barrow is also part of place names, like Barrow-in-Furness in England.