BARROW


Meaning of BARROW in English

/ ˈbærəʊ; NAmE -roʊ/ noun

1.

( BrE ) a small open vehicle with two wheels from which fruit, vegetables, etc. are sold in the street

2.

a large pile of earth built over a place where people were buried in ancient times

3.

= wheelbarrow

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WORD ORIGIN

sense 1 and sense 3 Old English bearwe stretcher, bier , of Germanic origin; related to the verb bear .

sense 2 Old English beorg , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch berg , German Berg hill, mountain.

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