wheelbarrow
pronunciation
How to pronounce wheelbarrow in British English:
UK [ˈwiːlbærəʊ]
How to pronounce wheelbarrow in American English:
US [ˈwiːlbæroʊ]
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- Noun:
- a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
Word Origin
- wheelbarrow (n.)
- mid-14c., from wheel (n.) + barrow (n.1).
Example
- 1. When we had the fourth in the wheelbarrow my jason said : mr. bourne , what about cookie ?
- 2. When the patent examiner looked at it he saw a beach ball and a wheelbarrow .
- 3. A week later , she died of aids and her body was taken in a wheelbarrow to a communal grave .
- 4. My first foray into injection-moulded plastic was the " ballbarrow " a wheelbarrow with a large ball rather than a wheel for greater stability .
- 5. They raced inside to retrieve clothes and , once finished , ripped the plastic bags off their shoes and unzipped their rain jackets , dumping the items into a wheelbarrow in the driveway .