noun
wheelbarrow
WEEL-ba-roh
noun
1
A small cart with one wheel at the front and handles at the back, used to carry loads by hand.
"He pushed a wheelbarrow full of bricks across the yard."
verb
1
To carry or move something using a wheelbarrow.
"They wheelbarrowed the soil to the flower beds."
How to Use Wheelbarrow
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA one-wheeled hand cart used for hauling garden or building materials.
Common pairings
push a wheelbarrow
a wheelbarrow full of
Word Forms
wheelbarrowed past tense, wheelbarrows plural, wheelbarrows singular
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Etymology
From Middle English whelbarwe, a combination of "wheel" and an old word for a hand-carried frame (related to "barrow").