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brouette — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrow noun A small cart with a single wheel, pushed by hand; a wheelbarrow.
  • wheelbarrow noun A small cart with one wheel at the front and handles at the back, used to carry loads by hand.

Senses

brouette is used for these senses in English:

  • barrow (British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
  • wheelbarrow A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
  • wheelbarrow race A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.

barrow — full definition

  1. noun A small cart with a single wheel, pushed by hand; a wheelbarrow.
  2. noun An ancient burial mound of earth or stones.

wheelbarrow — full definition

  1. noun A small cart with one wheel at the front and handles at the back, used to carry loads by hand.
  2. verb To carry or move something using a wheelbarrow.

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