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Barrow

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Noun

1. barrow, barrowful

the quantity that a barrow will hold

2. barrow, burial mound, grave mound, tumulus

(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

3. barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow

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

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Barrow

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noun
1.  wheelbarrow, handbarrow
2. Also called: barrowful
the amount contained in or on a barrow
3. mainly British
a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors
4. Northern England dialect
concern or business (esp in the phrases that's not my barrow, that's just my barrow)
5.  into one's barrow
noun
a heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches. Long barrows are elongated Neolithic mounds usually covering stone burial chambers; round barrows are Bronze Age, covering burials or cremations
noun
a castrated pig
noun
1. 
a river in SE Ireland, rising in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and flowing south to Waterford Harbour. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)
2.  Barrow-in-Furness, Barrow Point

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Barrow

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Pointnorthernmost point of Alas.: cape on the Arctic Ocean
noun
1. 
handbarrow
2. 
wheelbarrow
3.  Chiefly British
a small cart with two wheels, pushed by hand; pushcart
noun
1. 
a heap of earth or rocks covering a grave, esp. an ancient one; tumulus
2. 
a mountain; hill
now used only in English place names
noun
a pig castrated before maturing
see also stag (sense 2)

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Barrow

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n.
1. A handbarrow.
2. A wheelbarrow.
n.
A large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site.
n.
A pig that has been castrated before reaching sexual maturity.
The northernmost point of the United States, in north-central Alaska on the Arctic Ocean.
See Utqiagvik.

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