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wheelbarrow

/ˈwilbæɹoʊ/

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What does wheelbarrow mean?

noun

  1. A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

verb

  1. To convey in a wheelbarrow.
  2. To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈwilbæɹoʊ/

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After he had shown us his garden, Peter trundled a load of watermelons up the hill in his wheelbarrow.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
It was but little after sunrise, when Uncle Venner made his appearance, as aforesaid, impelling a wheelbarrow along the street.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
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Then carry in a spring wagon, or spring wheelbarrow, covered with old bags or hay to keep from any bruises.
F. F. (Frederick Frye) RockwellHome Vegetable Gardening A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home UseProject Gutenberg ebook #7123
For the moment, the business in hand is to move the heap of leaf-mould to some other place, with the wheelbarrow.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462
Shifting the barrow from my hand to his, he told me a funny story about the first wheelbarrow he had ever seen.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701