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# wheelbarrow

noun (a wheelbarrow, wheelbarrows)

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

## Everyday

A wheelbarrow is a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles and two legs at the back, used for carrying loads such as soil, sand or bricks in a garden or on a building site. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on forces and simple machines, the wheelbarrow is a lever (class 2): the wheel is the pivot, the load sits in the middle, and you lift the handles, so a heavy load feels lighter. In everyday life people use a wheelbarrow in the garden. In PE, a «wheelbarrow race» is when one child walks on their hands while a partner holds their legs. Phrases: «push a wheelbarrow», «wheelbarrow race».

### Examples

- We moved the soil in a wheelbarrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x1)
- Grandpa pushed the wheelbarrow full of leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x2)
- The wheelbarrow is a kind of lever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x3)
- We had a wheelbarrow race on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x4)
- The builder filled the wheelbarrow with bricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x5)
- Don't overload the wheelbarrow or it will tip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x6)
- The wheel acts as the pivot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x7)
- But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheelbarrow/#x8)

### Note

Plural: wheelbarrows. One word; short form: barrow. Science: wheel = pivot/fulcrum, load in the middle, effort at the handles — that is why it makes lifting easier.

## On Mova

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