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Noun: barrow  ber-ow or ba-row [N. Amer], ba-row [Brit]
  1. A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
    - garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow
     
  2. The quantity that a barrow will hold
    - barrowful
     
  3. (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
    - burial mound, grave mound, tumulus

Derived forms: barrows

Type of: cart, containerful, go-cart, handcart, hill, mound, pushcart

Encyclopedia: Barrow, Paul