wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow
Definition
wheel·barrow (hwēl′bar′ō, wēl′-; --ber′ō)
noun
a shallow, open box for moving small loads, having a single wheel in front forming a tripod with two legs in back, and two shafts with handles for raising the vehicle off its legs and pushing or pulling it
transitive verb
to move or transport in a wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- money: Wheelbarrows of money live quot pamela publicly traded online only players at.
Converse of object
- push: A barefoot man pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with tobacco leaves.
- fill: Fragments of pottery and bones of animals alone filled several wheelbarrows.
- use: Avoid manual handling where possible, by using wheelbarrows or machines.
- have: The larger the garden, the more important it was to have a wheelbarrow.
- get: Check that the doors are big enough to get a wheelbarrow through!
- trundle: Perhaps in 1907 when together with Guy Aldred he trundles a wheelbarrow through London's streets 'broad and narrow ' .
Adjective modifier
- old: We have a steep slope in our garden and the Mini is so much easier to push than our old steel wheelbarrow.
- wooden: Some of which were shown off in wooden wheelbarrows.
- little: Their little wheelbarrows are lined up in their allotment shed, each bearing the name of a child.
- traditional: Traditional wheelbarrows also needed a lot of maintenance to keep in good working order.
- small: Next Jim looked at a small wheelbarrow, the Corrie Stowaway Garden Buggy.
- large: I pass an old woman with massive buttocks pushing a large wheelbarrow laden with mushrooms.
Modifies a noun
- load: We have had around 6 wheelbarrow loads a year of lovely dry compost from the bins.
- race: In a fancy dress wheelbarrow race along Marsh Lane, spectators will throw water bombs at the contestants.
- access: Alton Amateur Greenhouses have a wide sliding door for easy wheelbarrow access.
- standing: What was he going to say, and what was that thing in the wheelbarrow standing next to him?
- technology: UK's exclusive supplier of Jeep Wheelbarrows - using the latest wheelbarrow technology.
- planter: Conservatory Guide Full instructions on how to make a wheelbarrow planter for your garden.
Noun used with modifier
- jeep: We can send a ready assembled Jeep Wheelbarrow to you with an extra delivery charge.
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