wheelbarrow

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22
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23
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/
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/ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/ · /ˈwilbæɹoʊ/ · /ˈwilbɛɹoʊ/ · /ˈwiːlbæɹəʉ/ · /ˈwiːlbæɹə/ · /ˈwiːlbəɹə/ · /ˈʍilbaɾo/ · /ˈwiːlbaɾou/

Definition of wheelbarrow

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
    “One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.”
    “Space for the concrete batching plant was found some little distance down the line, and from here a total of 60 tons of concrete was despatched in a wheelbarrow on a railway trolley.”
    “The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.”
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noun

  1. A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
    “One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.”
    “Space for the concrete batching plant was found some little distance down the line, and from here a total of 60 tons of concrete was despatched in a wheelbarrow on a railway trolley.”
    “The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To convey in a wheelbarrow.
  2. (transitive)To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *barwijǭ Proto-West Germanic *barwijā Old English *bearwe Middle English barwe Middle English whelbarwe English wheelbarrow From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.

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