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# barrow

noun (a barrow, barrows)

«barrow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wheelbarrow: a small cart with one wheel at the front and two handles, pushed by hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#m1)
2. (UK) A small cart with two wheels used by street sellers to sell fruit and other goods (a market barrow). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#m2)
3. (history) A large mound of earth built long ago over a grave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x1)
- Can you push the barrow of bricks to the shed? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x2)
- The fruit seller shouted from his barrow in the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x3)
- We visited an old long barrow on the hill near Avebury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x4)
- Archaeologists found tools inside the barrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x5)
- The barrow tipped over and the sand spilled out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x6)
- The hounds were running off, flocks of wild fowl flew screaming over the barrows, while the bramble bushes twined round the old stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «barrow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barrow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«barrow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barrow.html) on Mova free.