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Wheelbarrow

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈʍiːl.bæɹ.əʊ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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Examples

“One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set⟳ down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask⟳ questions.”
“The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close⟳ at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

wheelbarrow race wheelbarrower wheelbarrowful wheelbarrowing Wheelbarrows Wheelbase

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