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barrow
  1. (obsolete) A mountain.
  2. (chiefly Britain) A hill.
  3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
  4. (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He tried to push four crates up a steep hill on a barrow.”
      “In earlier times, this may have involved placing the body in a cave or underground burial barrow designed for the purpose.”
      “The chamber, originally roofed by a large capstone, now fallen, opened directly onto the front of the barrow.”
barrow
  1. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
  2. (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He tried to push four crates up a steep hill on a barrow.”
      “In earlier times, this may have involved placing the body in a cave or underground burial barrow designed for the purpose.”
      “The chamber, originally roofed by a large capstone, now fallen, opened directly onto the front of the barrow.”
barras
  1. galipot resin
  2. coarse linen fabric
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barra
  1. (Geordie) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
  2. Examples:
    1. “With neaping tides this weekend the best shot to target a barra will be around the rocky headlands.”
      “At last, barra turned from the litter of rock about the formless mass on the ground.”
      “Across the street, two Newfoundland women, cast in aluminum in front of the conference centre, lift a barra laden with salted fish.”
barrowful
  1. The amount that can fit in a barrow
  2. Examples:
    1. “If inflation ever got out of control we could end up buying goods with barrowful loads of worthless euros.”
      “For there, upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediaeval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs.”
      “So show us your apples, aubergines, how you've laid your fruit and veg garden out or simply a barrowful of your biggest cabbages.”
barrow
  1. (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He tried to push four crates up a steep hill on a barrow.”
      “In earlier times, this may have involved placing the body in a cave or underground burial barrow designed for the purpose.”
      “The chamber, originally roofed by a large capstone, now fallen, opened directly onto the front of the barrow.”
barrowload
  1. The amount that fills a barrow.
  2. Examples:
    1. “All I could remember was heady days hauling in saithe, sea bass and mackerel by the barrowload.”
      “This is the starting point for a barrowload of stereotypes about feminine sensitivity and womanly feeling to be wheeled out into the courtroom, and indeed the media.”
barras
  1. plural of barra
  2. Synonyms:
barrowloads
  1. plural of barrowload
barrowfuls
  1. plural of barrowful
barrowsful
  1. plural of barrowful
barrows
  1. plural of barrow
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He came to a corner, but she was lost in the crowd around a line of street barrows selling clothing and a little food.”
      “These were all purchased from street barrows when second-hand books were sold at a cost of about sixpence each.”
      “Addington is the larger of two adjacent long barrows overlooking a tributary of the Medway.”
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