wheelbarrow
[
hweel
-bar-oh,
weel
-]
/ˈʰwilˌbær oʊ, ˈwil-/
noun
1.
a frame or box for conveying a load, supported at one end by a
wheel
or
wheels
, and lifted and pushed at the other by two horizontal shafts.
verb (used with object)
2.
to move or convey in a wheelbarrow.
Origin
1300-50;
Middle English;
see
wheel
,
barrow
1
Examples from the web for
wheelbarrow
Once that does start flowing out of the bank vaults, get your
wheelbarrow
ready.
The
wheelbarrow
as lawn ornament doesn't have to be the gnome-driven variety.
He gives the example of a factory worker who at the end of each day leaves the factory with an empty
wheelbarrow
.
Dumps mixed materials that form base or top surface of terrazzo into prepared installation site using
wheelbarrow
.
Note the rolled-up flags in the
wheelbarrow
, and the dangling lunch box.
Moves mixed mortar, plaster and grout to installation area manually or using
wheelbarrow
.
Concrete finishers place concrete from the concrete truck chute, concrete pump, concrete skip or
wheelbarrow
.
Detectives are also looking for missing sections of an aluminum extension ladder and a
wheelbarrow
.
Trying to fly the tricycle onto the runway at higher-than-normal speed may result in a
wheelbarrow
and loss of control.
All materials had to be carried down to the creek through a winding path by hand and by
wheelbarrow
.
British Dictionary definitions for
wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow
/
ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ
/
noun
1.
a simple vehicle for carrying small loads, typically being an open container supported by a wheel at the front and two legs and two handles behind
verb
2.
(
transitive
) to convey in a wheelbarrow
Word Origin and History for
wheelbarrow
n.
mid-14c., from
wheel
(n.) +
barrow
(n.1).