barrows

Definition of barrowsnext
plural of barrow

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Noun
  • Visitors pay between $75 and $90 to choose and cut their own trees, with saws and wheelbarrows provided.
    Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Outsize portraits of all three are hauled down endless streets as crowds of obligatory fans parade their wheelbarrows, shovels and carbines.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Start with one dedicated space and make piles for keep, toss, and donate.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Public Hazard Two men push a wheelbarrow through Old Havana on March 9 as others go about their daily lives, navigating streets blocked by piles of trash that create unsafe, unsanitary conditions and disrupt traffic.
    Thomas E. Franklin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The fuel is used by trucks and freight trains that transport goods to market.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The soft glow of lanterns against ancient mounds turns a seemingly simple walk into a reflective, cinematic journey through American history.
    Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There are a million and one videos of ag workers across Asia using the engines—often sourced from Yanmar and Kubota—to power wagons and irrigation pumps, among other contraptions.
    Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The remains of the wagons were found among 950 metal objects, which also included vehicle parts and harness fittings for horses.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Above the glacial lake Ullswater, prehistoric cairns and burial mounds dot the high moorland, including the Cockpit Stone Circle, which spans 90 feet.
    Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Following the game, Tidwell and Susac both hopped in laundry carts in the Giants’ clubhouse and were showered with beer by their teammates to celebrate their respective milestones.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Ottomans deployed field artillery and Janissary infantry armed with matchlocks in a defensive formation called tabur jangi, in which carts and wagons were used to build barricades on the battlefield.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Barrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrows. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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