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bar·row1

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1.	a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, esp. such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow.

2.	a wheelbarrow.

3.	British. a pushcart used by street vendors, esp. by costermongers.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bar(e)we, OE bearwe; akin to MHG bere, bier, bear¹

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bar·row2

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1.	Archaeology. tumulus (def. 1).

2.	Chiefly British. a hill (sometimes used in combination): Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME berw, beruh, bargh, berg(h), OE beorg hill, mound; c. OFris, OS, D, OHG berg mountain, ON bjarg, berg cliff, Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera heap; akin to Avestan bərəz-, bərəzant-, Skt bṛhánt- high. See borough

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bar·row3

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a castrated male swine.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME barowe, baru, OE bearg; c. OHG barug, ON bǫrgr. Cf. bore¹, whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration)

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Bar·row

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1.	Also called Bar·row-in-Fur·ness Audio Help [bar-oh-in-fur-nis] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. a seaport in Cumbria, in NW England. 73,900.

2.	Point, the N tip of Alaska: the northernmost point of the U.S.

3.	a town in N Alaska, S of Barrow Point: site of a government science-research center. 2207.

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bar·row¹ Audio Help (bār'ō) Pronunciation Key
n.

A handbarrow.
A wheelbarrow.

[Middle English barowe, from Old English *bearwe; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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bar·row² Audio Help (bār'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. A large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.

[Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg, beorh, hill, burial site; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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bar·row³ Audio Help (bār'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. A pig that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity.

[Middle English barow, from Old English bearg.]

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Bar·row Audio Help (bār'ō) Pronunciation Key
The northernmost point of Alaska, in the northwest on the Arctic Ocean. The nearby city of Barrow has research and government facilities. Population: 4,220.

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barrow (1)

"vehicle for carrying a load," c.1300, barewe, probably from an unrecorded O.E. *bearwe "basket, barrow," from beran "to bear, to carry."

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barrow (2)

"mound," O.E. beorg (W.Saxon), berg (Anglian) "hill," from P.Gmc. *bergaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G. berg "mountain," O.N. bjarg "rock"), from PIE base *bheregh- "high, elevated" (cf. O.C.S. bregu "mountain, height," O.Ir. brigh "mountain," Skt. b'rhant "high," O.Pers. bard- "be high"). Obsolete except in place-names and southwest England dialect by 1400; revived by archaeology. Barrow-wight first recorded 1891.

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barrow
noun
1.	the quantity that a barrow will hold
2.	(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: burial mound]
3.	a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

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barrow1 [ˈbӕrəu] noun

a wheelbarrow

Arabic:	عَرَبَة عَجَلات
Chinese (Simplified):	手推车
Chinese (Traditional):	手推車
Czech:	trakař
Danish:	trillebør
Dutch:	kruiwagen
Estonian:	käsikäru
Finnish:	kottikärryt
French:	brouette
German:	der Schubkarren
Greek:	χειράμαξα
Hungarian:	talicska
Icelandic:	hjólbörur
Indonesian:	gerobak
Italian:	carriola

Japanese:	一輪手押し車
Korean:	바퀴가 하나인 손수레
Latvian:	ķerra
Lithuanian:	karutis
Norwegian:	trillebår
Polish:	taczka
Portuguese (Brazil):	carro de mão
Portuguese (Portugal):	carrinho de mão
Romanian:	roabă
Russian:	тачка
Slovak:	tragač
Slovenian:	samokolnica
Spanish:	carretilla
Swedish:	skottkärra
Turkish:	el arabası

barrow2 [ˈbӕrəu] noun

a small (usually two-wheeled) cart

Arabic:	عَرَبَة يَد
Chinese (Simplified):	两轮小车
Chinese (Traditional):	兩輪小車
Czech:	dvoukolák, kára
Danish:	trækvogn
Dutch:	kar
Estonian:	käru
Finnish:	kärryt
French:	diable
German:	die Handkarre
Greek:	δίτροχο καροτσάκι
Hungarian:	taliga
Icelandic:	handkerra
Indonesian:	gerobak sorong
Italian:	carrettino

Japanese:	二輪手押し車
Korean:	두바퀴 손수레
Latvian:	divriči
Lithuanian:	vežimėlis
Norwegian:	dragkjerre
Polish:	wózek
Portuguese (Brazil):	carriola
Portuguese (Portugal):	carrinho de mão
Romanian:	cărucior
Russian:	(двухколёсная) тележка
Slovak:	vozík, kára
Slovenian:	ciza
Spanish:	carro de dos ruedas
Swedish:	kärra
Turkish:	seyyar satıcı arabası

barrow3 [ˈbӕrəu] noun

a mound of earth piled up over the graves of important people in prehistoric times

Arabic:	رابيَه، رُكامٌ فَوْقَ قَبْر
Chinese (Simplified):	冢，古坟
Chinese (Traditional):	冢，古墳
Czech:	mohyla, mohylový hrob
Danish:	gravhøj
Estonian:	kivikalme, kääbas
Greek:	τύμβος
Hungarian:	sírhalom
Indonesian:	makam di bukit
Italian:	tumulo

Latvian:	kapkalns
Lithuanian:	pilkapis
Norwegian:	gravhaug
Polish:	kopiec, kurhan
Russian:	курган
Slovak:	mohyla, mohylový hrob
Slovenian:	gomila
Spanish:	túmulo
Swedish:	gravhög
Turkish:	höyük, tümülüs

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Barrow County, GA (county, FIPS 13) Location: 33.99347 N, 83.71181 W
Population (1990): 29721 (11812 housing units)
Area: 420.1 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)

Barrow, AK (city, FIPS 5200) Location: 71.26826 N, 156.80627 W
Population (1990): 3469 (1184 housing units)
Area: 48.7 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99723

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Barrow

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.

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Barrow

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.

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Barrow

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.

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