barrow¹ Definition
bar·row (bar′ō, ber′-)
noun
- handbarrow
- wheelbarrow
- Chiefly Brit. a small cart with two wheels, pushed by hand; pushcart
Etymology: ME barwe < OE bearwe, basket, barrow < beran, bear
barrow² Definition
bar·row (bar′ō, ber′-)
noun
- a heap of earth or rocks covering a grave, esp. an ancient one; tumulus
- a mountain; hill: now used only in English place names
Etymology: ME berwe < OE beorg, hill < IE base *bhereĝh-, high, elevated > Ger berg, burg, L fortis
barrow³ Definition
bar·row (bar′ō, ber′-)
Barrow Definition
Bar·row (bar′ō, ber′-)
northernmost point of Alas.: cape on the Arctic Ocean
Etymology: after Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), Eng geographer: he promoted Arctic exploration
barrow Synonyms
barrow
n.
barrow Usage Examples
Converse of object
- excavate: Now I off back south to help excavate a round barrow on the last prehistoric dig of the summer for me.
- push: Whether they were sailing the ships, pushing the barrows, driving a forklift, or pushing a pen, made no difference.
Noun used with modifier
- sack: Whilst transporting the heavy bouncy castle on the sack barrow across the car park going between various parked cars.
- wheel: With a good hard bottom, you could try using a wheel barrow.
- round: In the first phase a round barrow was created with material dug from two ditches to either side of the mound.
- bowl: The bowl barrows in Ashley Wood are comparatively well preserved examples of their class.
- bronze: Bronze age burial barrows dating back to 2,000 BC.
- burial: Bronze age burial barrows dating back to 2,000 BC.
Adjective modifier
- Neolithic: Neolithic long barrows have been found to date from the early part of the period ranging from 4000 to 2500 BC.
- prehistoric: There is a prehistoric barrow or burial mound near the farm which would have stood alongside the trackway.
- oval: Any plans to excavate a selected oval barrow would need to await the outcome of the initial study and the identification of suitable examples.
- long: Stukeley's ' long barrow ' is actually a natural feature.
- square: The square barrows were also unusual in that they were constructed by digging four straight trenches, which were not joined at the corners.
Modifies a noun
- cemetery: A barrow cemetery formed an integral part of the layout.
- mound: We have started to excavate the turf core of the barrow mound.
- burial: Placing the dead: investigating the location of wealthy barrow burials in seventh century England.
- ditch: Our initial trench across the great barrow ditch is well underway.
- load: About a dozen barrow loads lifted over the wire.
- boy: Cheap at half the price is typical of the street cries of barrow boys.
Preposition: in
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