wheelbarrow

noun

wheel·bar·row | \ˈhwēl-ˌber-(ˌ)ō,

-ˌba-(ˌ)rō, ˈwēl-\

Definition of wheelbarrow

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a small usually single-wheeled vehicle that is used for carrying small loads and is fitted with handles at the rear by which it can be pushed and guided

wheelbarrow

verb

wheelbarrowed; wheelbarrowing; wheelbarrows

Definition of wheelbarrow (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to convey in a wheelbarrow

Examples of wheelbarrow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Your dear automobile or shiny wheelbarrow aren't necessarily safe, either. — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "Monopoly Just Got Rid of the Thimble and Now None of the Original Tokens Are Safe," 17 Feb. 2017 Flynt sent a half-dozen of them to the bank lobby pushing wheelbarrows filled with enough pennies to pay off the loan. — Cincinnati Enquirer, "Read more from this Project," 13 July 2018 To get the shillings to a customer’s car, most money exchanges employ assistants armed with wheelbarrows to lug the heavy bags. — Matina Stevis-gridneff, WSJ, "An Isolated Country Runs on Mobile Money," 8 July 2018 Forex agents use wheelbarrows to transfer stacks of devalued currency for customers in the money-exchange district of Hargeisa. — Matina Stevis-gridneff, WSJ, "An Isolated Country Runs on Mobile Money," 8 July 2018 As pedestrians fight their way through a chaotic crowd of vendors and motorcycles and wheelbarrows laden with goods on the Ouanaminthe-Dajabón border in northeast Haiti, child protection workers monitor the movement looking for child traffickers. — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, "Illegal Dominican goods cost Haiti $400 million a year. U.S. lawmakers want crackdown," 26 Apr. 2018 That railway was completed in 1904 by 350 workers with pickaxes, shovels and wheelbarrows. — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, "Save time, stay dry on foot in Seattle’s ‘hidden’ passageways and tunnels," 30 May 2018 As pedestrians fight their way through a chaotic crowd of vendors and motorcycles and wheelbarrows laden with goods on the Ouanaminthe-Dajabón border in northeast Haiti, child protection workers monitor the movement looking for child traffickers. — Jacqueline Charles, miamiherald, "Illegal Dominican goods cost Haiti $400 million a year. U.S. lawmakers want crackdown," 26 Apr. 2018 Many adults make a living from activities like selling clothes along the road, pushing loads in wheelbarrows for hire and driving motorbike taxis. — Jaime Yaya Barry, New York Times, "Opposition Leader Is Sworn In as Sierra Leone’s President," 4 Apr. 2018

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