barrow
noun/ˈbærəʊ/
/ˈbærəʊ/
- (British English) a small open vehicle with two wheels from which fruit, vegetables, etc. were sold in the street in the past
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- a large pile of earth built over a place where people were buried in ancient timesCultureIn Britain long barrows date mainly from the later Stone Age, and round barrows date from the Bronze Age.
- (also wheelbarrow)a large open container with a wheel and two handles that you use outside to carry things
Word Originsense 1 and sense 3 Old English bearwe ‘stretcher, bier’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb bear.sense 2 Old English beorg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch berg, German Berg ‘hill, mountain’.
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