Found 8 hits - Term: barrow, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barrow \bar"row\ ba^r"r-o, n. oe. barow, fr. as. beran to
bear. see bear to support, and cf. bier.
1. a support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on
which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand.
see handbarrow, and wheelbarrow.
1913 webster
2. salt works a wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
1913 webster
see also:
bear bier handbarrow wheelbarrow
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barrow \bar"row\ ba^r"r-o, n. oe. barow, bargh, as.
bearg, bearh; akin to icel. b"orgr, ohg. barh, barug, g.
barch. root95.
a hog, esp. a male hog castrated. --holland.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
barrow \bar"row\, n. oe. bergh, as. beorg, beorh, hill,
sepulchral mound; akin to g. berg mountain, goth. bairgahei
hill, hilly country, and perh. to skr. b.rhant high, oir.
brigh mountain. cf. berg, berry a mound, and borough an
incorporated town.
1. a large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the
dead; a tumulus.
1913 webster
2. mining a heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
berg berry borough
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
barrow
n 1: the quantity that a barrow will hold syn: barrowful
2: archeology a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
syn: burial mound, grave mound, tumulus
3: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more
wheels syn: garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow
see also:
barrowful burial mound grave mound tumulus garden cart lawn cart
wheelbarrow
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
119 moby thesaurus words for "barrow":
anthill, arch, beehive tomb, boar, bone house, boundary stone,
box grave, brae, brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust,
butte, cairn, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cist, cist grave,
column, cromlech, cross, crypt, cup, cyclolith, deep six, dokhma,
dolmen, down, drumlin, dune, fell, foothills, footstone, gilt,
grave, gravestone, headstone, hill, hillock, hoarstone, hog,
house of death, hummock, inscription, knob, knoll, last home,
long home, low green tent, low house, marker, mastaba, mausoleum,
megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column,
memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, molehill, monolith,
monstrance, monticle, monticule, monument, moor, mound,
mummy chamber, narrow house, necrology, obelisk, obituary,
ossuarium, ossuary, passage grave, pig, piggy, piglet, pigling,
pillar, pit, plaque, porker, prize, pyramid, razorback, reliquary,
remembrance, resting place, ribbon, rostral column, sand dune,
sepulcher, shaft, shaft grave, shoat, shrine, sow, stela, stone,
stupa, suckling pig, swell, swine, tablet, testimonial, tomb,
tombstone, tope, tower of silence, trophy, tumulus, tusker, vault,
wild boar
- [6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
barrow, ak city, fips 5200
location: 71.26826 n, 156.80627 w
population 1990: 3469 1184 housing units
area: 48.7 sq km land, 5.8 sq km water
zip codes: 99723
- [7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
barrow -- u.s. county in georgia
population 2000: 46144
housing units 2000: 17304
land area 2000: 162.170535 sq. miles 420.019739 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.669861 sq. miles 1.734931 sq. km
total area 2000: 162.840396 sq. miles 421.754670 sq. km
located within: georgia ga, fips 13
location: 33.994618 n, 83.721626 w
headwords:
barrow
barrow, ga
barrow county
barrow county, ga
- [8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
barrow, ak -- u.s. city in alaska
population 2000: 4581
housing units 2000: 1620
land area 2000: 18.396982 sq. miles 47.647963 sq. km
water area 2000: 2.929036 sq. miles 7.586167 sq. km
total area 2000: 21.326018 sq. miles 55.234130 sq. km
fips code: 05200
located within: alaska ak, fips 02
location: 71.300371 n, 156.735840 w
zip codes 1990: 99723
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
barrow, ak
barrow
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