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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)

Credits

 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)