barrows

noun

plural of barrow
1
as in wheelbarrows

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2
as in piles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrows
  1. wheelbarrows
  2. piles
  3. trucks
  4. mounds
  5. wagons
  6. cairns
  7. carts
  8. pyres
Noun
  • Named one of our favorite wheelbarrows in testing, this bestselling model is lightweight, can hold up to 5 cubic feet of materials, and has 14-inch rubber wheels.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
  • The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of wheelbarrows
Noun
  • This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
  • The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Crews have been seen unloading equipment from trucks this week — much of it covered or obscured — and barricades have been placed near the perimeter of the arena.
    — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • The burning husks of large trucks transporting fuel and derailed train cars were filmed and photographed by civilians and Ukrainian military drones, highlighting supply chain disruptions.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of trucks
Noun
  • Plants form compact mounds six to 12 inches tall and wide, covered with fuzzy blooms resembling powder puffs.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
  • In a recent, first-hand look in Spring Grove Cemetery in Hartford, Sportman quickly spotted mounds of dirt under dense overgrowth that encircle three-quarters of the hole at the gravesite of Sgt.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of mounds
Noun
  • In 1785, the Pennsylvania General Assembly commissioned an improved road over Forbes, which was built for military speed, to accommodate wagons and horse travel.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • At the Cook County Medical Examiner's office, a long line of police wagons were backed up transporting dead bodies.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of wagons
Noun
  • Every few feet were cairns of glass swept away from shattered storefronts.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • The Park Service recommends that people not disturb, knock down or add to cairns, though some parks caution visitors not to rely on them as official pathways.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of cairns
Noun
  • That means there are plenty of new camp units offering you the chance to skip the hassle of hotel check-in, luggage carts and parking lots.
    — Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Take advantage of this deal before the shelves (and carts) empty out.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of carts
Noun
  • In Germany, northeastern France and many parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic, people still build elaborate bonfire pyres to light in the evening and tend long into the night.
    — Thomas A. DuBois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
  • Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, they are laid flat like a mass grave.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of pyres
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