barrows

Noun (1)

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (obsolete) A mountain.
2. (UK) A hill.
3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
   • Meronym: dolmen

   Synonyms:

   See burial mound § Synonyms

4. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

Noun (2)

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (UK) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
   • The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
2. A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

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