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WEELB-ar-oh/ˈwiːlbærəʊ/

A wheelbarrow is a small cart with one wheel and two handles, used for moving loads in a garden. A trolley has four wheels; a cart may be larger. Site: the caretaker’s wheelbarrow is not a ride for a dare; that still goes in the accident book.

Meaning

A small cart with one wheel and two handles, used for moving loads in a garden.

Examples

• “The caretaker’s wheelbarrow is not a ride for a dare; that still goes in the accident book.”
• “A wheelbarrow on the allotment club is for soil, not for a classmate; that is still a behaviour log.”

Good to know

a wheelbarrow. Contrast: a trolley / a cart. Caretaker / allotment. Countable. Mix-up: a barrow can also mean a burial mound in geography; a wheelbarrow is the garden cart.

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