WHEELBARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheelbarrow mean? 

• WHEELBARROW (noun)
  The noun WHEELBARROW has 1 sense:

1. a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

  Familiarity information: WHEELBARROW used as a noun is very rare.

• WHEELBARROW (verb)
  The verb WHEELBARROW has 1 sense:

1. transport in a wheelbarrow

  Familiarity information: WHEELBARROW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEELBARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

barrow; garden cart; lawn cart; wheelbarrow

Hypernyms ("wheelbarrow" 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)

• WHEELBARROW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transport in a wheelbarrow

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "wheelbarrow" is one way to...):

transport (move something or somebody around; usually over long distances)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Luckily a butcher soon came by, driving a pig in a wheelbarrow.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Demi, as the oldest grandchild, then presented the queen of the day with various gifts, so numerous that they were transported to the festive scene in a wheelbarrow.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She ascertained from me in a few words what it was all about, comforted Dora, and gradually convinced her that I was not a labourer—from my manner of stating the case I believe Dora concluded that I was a navigator, and went balancing myself up and down a plank all day with a wheelbarrow—and so brought us together in peace.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)