as in pushcart
a vehicle with two handles, a large bowl, and usually one wheel that is used for carrying heavy loads of dirt, rocks, etc.
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Recent Examples of wheelbarrow
Vendors on crowded sidewalks hawked shoes, bananas, wallets and bottles of cold water and soda from wheelbarrows.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Just fill up a wheelbarrow with compost and shovel 3 to 4 shovelfuls of compost into small piles dotted across your lawn.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
In video footage shared as evidence in court, Herrington was spotted the day after Lee went missing removing a shovel and wheelbarrow from his parent's house and placing it into the back of a box truck owned by Herrington's moving company, according to WMC-TV.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Volunteers will need to be able to walk on uneven terrain and will be expected to use tools like hammers, wheelbarrows, and shovels during the projects, but no special skills are necessary to participate.
—Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Just fill up a wheelbarrow with compost and shovel 3 to 4 shovelfuls of compost into small piles dotted across your lawn.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
In video footage shared as evidence in court, Herrington was spotted the day after Lee went missing removing a shovel and wheelbarrow from his parent's house and placing it into the back of a box truck owned by Herrington's moving company, according to WMC-TV.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Volunteers will need to be able to walk on uneven terrain and will be expected to use tools like hammers, wheelbarrows, and shovels during the projects, but no special skills are necessary to participate.
—Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wheelbarrow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrow
Noun
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Under her helm, Que-Azcona grew the pharmacy that was started by his father in a pushcart in 1945.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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What began as a pushcart business is now run by third-generation family owners, who are committed to keeping up the company’s longtime standard for excellence.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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The best burger in Charlotte right now is in the truck parked behind Copperhead Social in NoDa.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
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Although a welcome area with trams running to the rest of the island will be located at the end of the pier as well.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2025
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There is a new and very fast 75-passenger tram to the summit of Lone Peak, the first new tram built in North America in 15 years.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Saturday locations are the corner of Wilson Street and Water Street, the corner of Wilson Street and Prairie Street, 750 Main St. at Mallory Street, and a roaming wagon in 14th Colony/Cherry Park, according to Batavia Lions Club officials.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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That vision traces back to a quiet hallway three decades ago, to a boy in a red wagon and a family surrounded by care and courage.—
Jordan French,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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More than 900 users have added one to their cart in the past month alone.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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The latest Israeli attacks prompted some Palestinian civilians in the central city of Deir al-Balah to flee from the eastern edge of the city heading west, both on foot and in carts.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
Noun
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The ancient long barrow, located at the border of the villages Dlouhé Dvory and Lípa in the country’s eastern Bohemia region, measures roughly 620 feet long and 50 feet wide at its largest point.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
2 July 2024
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Another Bronze Age cemetery located ten miles from Stonehenge features 20 barrows, or circular mounds, some of which show signs of cremation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Apr. 2025
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Sandoz wheeled a roughly 250-pound condensing unit into place on a hand truck with the grace of a ballroom dancer.—
Andrew Ford,
USA TODAY,
11 Sep. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Wheelbarrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheelbarrow. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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