barrow

¹ American  

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /

noun

1. a wheelbarrow.

2. a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, especially such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow.

3. British. a pushcart used by street vendors, especially by costermongers.

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barrow ² American  

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /

noun

1. Archaeology. tumulus.

2. Chiefly British. a hill (sometimes used in combination).

   Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire.

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barrow ³ American  

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /

noun

1. a castrated male swine.

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Barrow ⁴ American  

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /

noun

1. Also called Barrow-in-Furness.  a seaport in Cumbria, in northwestern England.

2. Point Barrow, the northern tip of Alaska: the northernmost point of the U.S.

3. a town in northern Alaska, south of Barrow Point: site of a government science-research center.

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barrow ¹ British  

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

1. See wheelbarrow handbarrow

2. Also called: barrowful.  the amount contained in or on a barrow

3. a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors

4. dialect concern or business (esp in the phrases that's not my barrow , that's just my barrow )

5. dialect suited to one's interests or desires

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Barrow ² British  

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

1. a river in SE Ireland, rising in the Slieve Bloom Mountains and flowing south to Waterford Harbour. Length: about 193 km (120 miles)

2. See Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Point

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barrow ³ British  

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

1. a heap of earth placed over one or more prehistoric tombs, often surrounded by ditches. Long barrows are elongated Neolithic mounds usually covering stone burial chambers; round barrows are Bronze Age, covering burials or cremations

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barrow ⁴ British  

/ ˈbærəʊ /

noun

1. a castrated pig

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Etymology

Origin of barrow¹

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English bar(e)we, berwe, from unrecorded Old English bearwe; akin to Middle High German bere; bier, bear ¹

Origin of barrow²

First recorded before 900; Middle English bergh, berg(e), berugh, bargh, Old English beorg, beorh “hill, mound, mountain”; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German berg “mountain,” Old Norse bjarg, berg “cliff,” Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera “heap”; akin to Avestan bərəz-, bərəzant-, Sanskrit bṛhánt- high. See borough

Origin of barrow³

First recorded before 1000; Middle English barwe, barowe, baruwe, Old English bearg, bearh, berg; cognate with Old High German barug, German Barch, Old Norse bǫrgr; bore ², whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration)