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HANDBARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handbarrow mean?
• HANDBARROW (noun)
The noun HANDBARROW has 1 sense:
1. a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people
Familiarity information: HANDBARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("handbarrow" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Meronyms (parts of "handbarrow"):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
Context examples
I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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