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barrow

1

[ bar-oh ]

noun

  1. a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, especially such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow.
  2. British. a pushcart used by street vendors, especially by costermongers.


barrow

2

[ bar-oh ]

noun

  1. Archaeology. tumulus ( def 1 ).
  2. Chiefly British. a hill (sometimes used in combination):

    Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire.

barrow

3

[ bar-oh ]

noun

  1. a castrated male swine.

Barrow

4

[ bar-oh ]

noun

  1. a seaport in Cumbria, in northwestern England. Also called Bar·row-in-Fur·ness [bar, -oh-in-, fur, -nis].
  2. Point Barrow, the northern tip of Alaska: the northernmost point of the U.S.
  3. a town in northern Alaska, south of Barrow Point: site of a government science-research center.

barrow

1

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

  1. Also calledbarrowful the amount contained in or on a barrow
  2. a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors
  3. dialect.
    concern or business (esp in the phrases that's not my barrow , that's just my barrow )
  4. into one's barrow dialect.
    into one's barrow suited to one's interests or desires


Barrow

2

/ 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)

barrow

3

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

  1. a castrated pig

barrow

4

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

  1. 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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrow1

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English bar(e)we, berwe, from unrecorded Old English bearwe; akin to Middle High German bere; bier, bear 1

Origin of barrow2

First recorded before 900; Middle English bergh, berg(e), berugh, bargh, Old English beorg, beorh “hill, mound, mountain”; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German berg “mountain,” Old Norse bjarg, berg “cliff,” Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera “heap”; akin to Avestan bərəz-, bərəzant-, Sanskrit bṛhánt- high. See borough

Origin of barrow3

First recorded before 1000; Middle English barwe, barowe, baruwe, Old English bearg, bearh, berg; cognate with Old High German barug, German Barch, Old Norse bǫrgr; bore 2, whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of barrow1

Old English bearwe ; related to Old Norse barar bier , Old High German bāra

Origin of barrow2

Old English bearg ; related to Old Norse börgr , Old High German barug

Origin of barrow3

Old English beorg ; related to Old Norse bjarg , Gothic bairgahei hill, Old High German berg mountain

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Example Sentences

Doug Groothuis, who was 11 at the time, remembers being in his bedroom that November 1968 night and watching Walter Cronkite mention his father by name in a CBS Evening News report on the fatal accident in Barrow, now known as Utqiagvik.

She jokingly calls Barrow her “husband” and makes fun of him for falling asleep in meetings.

From Ozy

Lincoln Davis and John Barrow and Larry Kissell and Travis Childers and on and on it went.

In Republican election committees on the Hill, “Barrow” had become a dirty word said only in hushed tones.

John Barrow, who lost on Tuesday, is the last white Democratic congressman in the Deep South.

This one, attacking Georgia Democrat John Barrow, is probably touching on a real issue.

Eleanor was even more bitter than her husband, refusing to forgive Barrow for his coldness.

The organ is the gift of Mrs. James Barrow and cost (without cases) about $90,000.

At the top of the boulevard there was a barrow of flowers drawn up alongside the kerb.

Upon leaving the Commissary, our wheel-barrow was again put in motion, and accompanied us to Dessein's.

I dare say it is all pretty green, but that is no reason for us to fill the barrow with trash.

Hot and pleasantly tired, we packed up the tools on the barrow, and wheeled them to the shed.

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