wheelbarrow

[hweel-bar-oh, weel-]

noun

1. a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a wheel or wheels, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or convey in a wheelbarrow.

wheelbarrow

/ ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ /

noun

1. a simple vehicle for carrying small loads, typically being an open container supported by a wheel at the front and two legs and two handles behind

verb

1. (tr) to convey in a wheelbarrow

Word History and Origins

Origin of wheelbarrow¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; wheel, barrow ¹

Example Sentences

Some nights, she peeks outside her tent and sees the trucks unload the goods, and other times she can hear people hauling the produce onto the street by wheelbarrow or hand truck.

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Performers are robed and instruments are carried on ramshackle wheelbarrows, setting up the transitory mood of the night.

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"Now, I just sit around. No job. No school. No money to start anything. Sometimes I help push wheelbarrows in the market just to eat. Other days, I do nothing but think," he said.

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They describe a man with a good sense of humor who was kind to visiting children and pushed them around in wheelbarrows for fun.

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She was also the subject of a traditional folk song, which tells the story of a fishmongers' daughter who sold cockles and mussels from a wheelbarrow.

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Related Words

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• wagon