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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 wheelbarrows
The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Flip wheelbarrows, drill drainage holes and keep containers under cover.
—Ryan Brennan
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
That includes plant saucers, watering cans, buckets, wheelbarrows, tarps, birdbaths and rain barrels.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Flip wheelbarrows, drill drainage holes in planters and keep buckets covered or indoors.
—Ryan Brennan
april 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Some people who struggled to walk were brought to the Mass in wheelbarrows pushed by family members.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
This can double as a good way to hide garden hoses and wheelbarrows.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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
Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Flip wheelbarrows, drill drainage holes and keep containers under cover.
—Ryan Brennan
april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
That includes plant saucers, watering cans, buckets, wheelbarrows, tarps, birdbaths and rain barrels.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Flip wheelbarrows, drill drainage holes in planters and keep buckets covered or indoors.
—Ryan Brennan
april 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Some people who struggled to walk were brought to the Mass in wheelbarrows pushed by family members.
—ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026
This can double as a good way to hide garden hoses and wheelbarrows.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheelbarrows
Noun
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While regular unleaded gas is typically used in passenger vehicles; diesel fuel is more common for delivery trucks, farm, buses and construction vehicles.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Drones and missiles can be launched from trucks and mines could be deployed from untold numbers of small fishing boats, dhows or even pleasure craft, experts said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Faced with an enemy encirclement, the General ordered his troops to use their heavy armored wagons to provide cover.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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As prospectors and settlers in covered wagons, on horseback, and even traveling on foot flooded the Front Range in response to rumors of the discovery of gold, the population in the area exploded.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
Noun
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At the Wilshire/La Brea and Wilshire/Fairfax stations, local vendors are expected to operate coffee carts on weekday mornings, while farmers markets are planned weekly at both locations.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
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Here are the best rolling storage carts that aren’t a complete eyesore.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Wheelbarrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheelbarrows. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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