Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A one- or two-wheeled vehicle with handles at the rear, used to convey small loads.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A barrow with one wheel or more, on which it runs. The most common form has one wheel in front and two legs at the rear on which it rests, and two handles by which a person lifts the legs from the ground and carries a part of the load, while he pushes forward the vehicle on the wheel. Express and railroad barrows have two and often three or four wheels, only a small part of the, load or none of it being carried by the person using the barrow, or truck, as it is more commonly called. Barrows of this class are commonly made with the wheels toward the middle and handles at each end for convenience in using on narrow steamboat-landings and station-platforms.
Wiktionary
- n. A small, one-wheeled (rarely two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
WordNet 3.0
- v. transport in a wheelbarrow
- n. a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
Examples
“Of course, just getting a tarp, raking the leaves onto it, and lifting it into your current wheelbarrow is probably cheaper.”
“Beneath the trees a solitary old negro was spreading manure over the grass, hauling it in a wheelbarrow from a pile somewhere in the barnyard.”
“A light wheelbarrow is the best means of transport.”
“Stacked in a wheelbarrow were the cookies and cakes and pastries that you and Amelia and Charlotte had been baking for the past few days.”
“Beyond the wheelbarrow was a set of stone steps leading down to a cellar, or perhaps to a kitchen.”
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
“I had Muhammad Ali walking with a wheelbarrow and what he has in the wheelbarrow is his stomach.”
“When the compressed bricks are ejected at the de-moulding station, a worker immediately removes the bricks and places them on a wheelbarrow, which is then taken to the drying area.”
“The wheelbarrow is a versatile and low-cost device for moving clay.”
“The wheelbarrow is the most common and has a capacity of 40-60 litres.”
“It is another pleasure to go afar among the rocks for these and wheel them to the flower beds in a light wheelbarrow, which is one of the most useful things one can possess for work about the garden.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wheelbarrow’.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
walking, bicycle, bus, train, motorcycle, airplane, car, truck, segway, limousine, roller coaster, wheelbarrow and 119 more...
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
burnisher, shaper vise, salt spreader, soil pulveriser, bible, flutes, baffles, crucifix cross, proofer, gazebo, real bubble wrap, roller tray and 206 more...
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Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
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garden me pretty
fritillary, honeysuckle, anenome, trug, love-lies-bleeding, convolvulus, clover, till, wheelbarrow, dibber, trailing hearts, viola and 2 more...
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Words With Initial and Final "w"
Words with an initial and final "w", such as whittaw, williwaw, windlestraw and wow-wow.
whitlow, willow, withdraw, window, widow, workflow, worldview, wallow, wheelbarrow, whew, winnow, whipsaw and 20 more...
seanahan I want an example of him replacing some word wheelbarrow and it coming out hilariously.
Hidden on the roof, the criminal held her ankles up and thought about doing it defenestration style.
Which is about a murderer, but when he says it with wheelbarrow, it becomes something else entirely.
Hidden on the roof, the criminal held her ankles up and though about doing it wheelbarrow style. Sep 30, 2007
oroboros David Cochrane's comment on MyFavoriteWord.com, has added a new wrinkle to my rather quotidian knowledge of and interest in the word:
"My favorite word is wheelbarrow.
When I was in the sixth grade, one of the more common practices of the Headmaster (albeit a one-room, one-teacher school, incorporating grades one to eight, or 42 children) was to have a child stand and read to the rest of the students from a selected book.
I was not an avid reader at that time, being more inclined to rough sports, etc. However, on this occasion it was my turn to read aloud to the other students.
I had problems in pronouncing a particular word and was told "Just say wheelbarrow if you don't know it, Cochrane." That embarrassing event rankled within me and spurred me on. I determined to become proficient in my use and comprehension of the English Language. I now hold the degree Bachelor in Communication, comprising a double major in Journalism with a minor in Public Relations."
Wheelbarrow was, and is, a magic word to me.
Sep 29, 2007