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BARROW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
Synonyms:
barrow; garden cart; lawn cart; wheelbarrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barrow" is a kind of...):
cart; go-cart; handcart; pushcart (wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
Synonyms:
barrow; burial mound; grave mound; tumulus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("barrow" is a kind of...):
hill; mound (structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones)
Domain category:
archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quantity that a barrow will hold
Synonyms:
barrow; barrowful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("barrow" is a kind of...):
containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)
Context examples:
The negro had burrowed down into his hiding-place upon the barrow, where he might have lain snug enough, had it not been for the red gear upon his head.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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