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Barrow

Barrow Meaning & Definition
Barrow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barrow?

[n] a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
[n] (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
[n] the quantity that a barrow will hold

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barrow: barrowful | burial mound | garden cart | grave mound | lawn cart | tumulus | wheelbarrow

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barrow: anthill | arch | beehive tomb | boar | bone house | boundary stone | box grave | brae | brass | burial | burial chamber | burial mound | bust | butte | cairn | catacombs | cenotaph | charnel house | cist | cist grave | column | cromlech | cross | crypt | cup | cyclolith | deep six | dokhma | dolmen | down | drumlin | dune | fell | foothills | footstone | gilt | grave | gravestone | headstone | hill | hillock | hoarstone | hog | house of death | hummock | inscription | knob | knoll | last home | long home | low green tent | low house | marker | mastaba | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | molehill | monolith | monstrance | monticle | monticule | monument | moor | mound | mummy chamber | narrow house | necrology | obelisk | obituary | ossuarium | ossuary | passage grave | pig | piggy | piglet | pigling | pillar | pit | plaque | porker | prize | pyramid | razorback | reliquary | remembrance | resting place | ribbon | rostral column | sand dune | sepulcher | shaft | shaft grave | shoat | shrine | sow | stela | stone | stupa | suckling pig | swell | swine | tablet | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tower of silence | trophy | tumulus | tusker | vault | wild boar

See Also | cart | containerful | go-cart | handcart | hill | mound | pushcart

Barrow In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"row\, n. [OE. barow, fr. AS. beran to bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Bier}.] 1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See {Handbarrow}, and {Wheelbarrow}. 2. (Salt Works) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
\Bar"row\, n. [OE. barow, bargh, AS. bearg, bearh; akin to Icel. b["o]rgr, OHG. barh, barug, G. barch. ?95.] A hog, esp. a male hog castrated. --Holland.
\Bar"row\, n. [OE. bergh, AS. beorg, beorh, hill, sepulchral mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b?hant high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. {Berg}, {Berry} a mound, and {Borough} an incorporated town.] 1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus. 2. (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. ``Hold still thy clatter.'' --Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. --B. Jonson

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