barrow
IPA: bˈæroʊ
noun
- (obsolete) A mountain.
- (chiefly Britain) A hill.
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
- (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
- (Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
- (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
- (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
- A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
- A surname.
- Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
- An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
- One of a few villages in England.
- A village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7663).
- A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow.
- A town in Cumbria, England (properly Barrow-in-Furness).
- A river in eastern Ireland.
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Examples of "barrow" in Sentences
- A barrow boy is a market trader.
- Barrow was familiar with the area.
- The barrow also contained valuables.
- He was buried in a barrow by the sea.
- It may be an ancient barrow or tumulus.
- It is someone pushing a particular barrow.
- Barrow was then confronted by the local law.
- The barrow was surrounded by a stone circle.
- The barrow is built on the location of the pyre.
- This is a Disquisition on the Lows or Barrows in the Peak of Derbyshire.
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