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barrowload

barrowload noun: the amount that fills a barrow.

Noun

barrowload (plural barrowloads)

  1. The amount that fills a barrow.
    • Thousands of men wheeled millions of barrowloads of earth and rocks for hundreds of weeks—dumping, loading till solid ground was made on which the C.P.R. could found their dream.1942, Emily Carr, “Grown Up”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
    • [...] the 9.7 is routed into one of the other platforms to leave Platform No. 8 clear for the "Mail" and save the station staff a hurried transfer of a dozen or more barrowloads of mailbags.1959 March, D. Bertram, “An old friend - the 9.7”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139

Forms of barrowload

pluralbarrowloads

Origin of barrowload

From barrow + load.

Questions about barrowload

What does barrowload mean?
Barrowload means the amount that fills a barrow.
What part of speech is barrowload?
Barrowload is a noun.
What is the plural of barrowload?
The plural of barrowload is barrowloads.

Words near barrowload in the dictionary

  1. barrowfuls
  2. Barrowism
  3. Barrowist
  4. Barrowists
  5. barrowlike
  6. barrowload
  7. barrowloads
  8. barrowman
  9. barrowmen
  10. barrows
  11. barrowsful

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