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Barrow

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

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

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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