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Audio Help [hweel-bar-oh, weel-] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 2. | to move or convey in a wheelbarrow. |
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n. A one- or two-wheeled vehicle with handles at the rear, used to convey small loads. |
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wheelbarrow
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| wheelbarrow | |
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| 1. | a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels [syn: barrow] |
verb | |
| 1. | transport in a wheelbarrow |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈwheelbarrow noun
a small carrier with one wheel at the front, and two legs and two handles at the back
Example: He used a wheelbarrow to move the manure to the back garden.
See also: -wheeled, wheelchair, wheelhouse, wheelwright, wheel, wheeled, "wheelbarrow" in any languageExample: He used a wheelbarrow to move the manure to the back garden.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Wheelbarrow
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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