Meaning of Barrow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mountain.
   obsolete
2. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
   British
3. A castrated boar.
4. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
5. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
6. A hill.
   British
7. A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
8. Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
   countable, uncountable
9. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
10. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
    countable, uncountable
11. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
12. A number of places in England:
    countable, uncountable
13. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow.
    countable, uncountable
14. A civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, which replaced the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on 1 April 2023.
    countable, uncountable
15. A hamlet in Boddington parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8824).
    countable, uncountable
16. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, previously in Wiswell parish (OS grid ref SD7338).
    countable, uncountable
17. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland (OS grid ref SK8915).
    countable, uncountable
18. A hamlet and civil parish in Much Wenlock ward, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6500).
    countable, uncountable
19. A hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7232).
    countable, uncountable
20. A hamlet in North Wootton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5541).
    countable, uncountable
21. A hamlet in Wentworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK3798).
    countable, uncountable
22. A village and civil parish (served by Barrow cum Denham Parish Council) in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL7663).
    countable, uncountable
23. A river in eastern Ireland, which flows from County Laois, via County Kildare, County Kilkenny, County Carlow, County Wexford and County Waterford to Waterford Harbour.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Meronym: dolmen”

““Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow?””

“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 one.”

“In contrast, the Westminster Gazette in 1912 was much more positive about railway staff, praising the "...army of porters hustling and bustling hither and thither with barrows groaning under the weight of bags and baggage and... the ever-patient and long-suffering guards, courteously giving information and advice to the querulous passengers... to the porter the Christmas season means a continuous round of heavy labour, extremely tiring to both nerves and temper, and this fact the public too often seem either to forget or ignore."”

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