A barrow is a cart from which fruit or other goods are sold in the street.
[British]regional note: in AM, use pushcart
3. countable noun
A barrow is a large structure made of earth that people used to build over graves in ancient times.
More Synonyms of barrow
barrow in British English1
(ˈbærəʊ)
noun
1. wheelbarrow, handbarrow
2. Also called: barrowful
the amount contained in or on a barrow
3. mainly British
a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors
4. Northern England dialect
concern or business (esp in the phrases that's not my barrow, that's just my barrow)
5. into one's barrow
Word origin
Old English bearwe; related to Old Norse bararbier, Old High German bāra
barrow in British English2
(ˈbærəʊ)
noun
a heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches. Long barrows are elongated Neolithic mounds usually covering stone burial chambers; round barrows are Bronze Age, covering burials or cremations
Word origin
Old English beorg; related to Old Norse bjarg, Gothic bairgahei hill, Old High German berg mountain
barrow in British English3
(ˈbærəʊ)
noun
a castrated pig
Word origin
Old English bearg; related to Old Norse börgr, Old High German barug
Barrow in British English
(ˈbærəʊ)
noun
1.
a river in SE Ireland, rising in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and flowing south to Waterford Harbour. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)
2. Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Point
Barrow in American English
(ˈbæroʊ; ˈbɛroʊ)
Pointnorthernmost point of Alas.: cape on the Arctic Ocean
Word origin
after Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), Eng geographer: he promoted Arctic exploration
barrow in American English1
(ˈbæroʊ; ˈbɛroʊ)
noun
1.
handbarrow
2.
wheelbarrow
3. Chiefly British
a small cart with two wheels, pushed by hand; pushcart
Word origin
ME barwe < OE bearwe, basket, barrow < beran, bear1
barrow in American English2
(ˈbæroʊ; ˈbɛroʊ)
noun
1.
a heap of earth or rocks covering a grave, esp. an ancient one; tumulus
2.
a mountain; hill
now used only in English place names
Word origin
ME berwe < OE beorg, hill < IE base *bhereĝh-, high, elevated > Ger berg, burg, L fortis
barrow in American English3
(ˈbæroʊ; ˈbɛroʊ)
noun
a pig castrated before maturing
see also stag (sense 2)
Word origin
ME barow < OE beorg < IE base *bher-: see barrator
Examples of 'barrow' in a sentence
barrow
Three other sets of remains have joined her in the long barrow since.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is also when the remaining four phases of the oval barrow were fashioned.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
I visited a round barrow right in the middle of the heath.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He said: 'What appeals to me about having my remains in this long barrow is the permanence of the structure and the landscape.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Word lists with
barrow
terms used in archaeology
All related terms of 'barrow'
barrow boy
A barrow boy is a man or boy who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street.
barrow girl
A barrow girl is a woman or girl who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street .
long barrow
a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age
Barrow Point
the northernmost tip of Alaska , on the Arctic Ocean
round barrow
a funerary barrow having a bell, disk , saucer , or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts
Barrow-in-Furness
an industrial town and port in NW England, in S Cumbria ; site of a large naval shipyard . Pop: 57 000 (2011 est)