wheelbarrow
/ˈwilbæɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.
Example Sentences
- "One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions."
- "Space for the concrete batching plant was found some little distance down the line, and from here a total of 60 tons of concrete was despatched in a wheelbarrow on a railway trolley."
- "The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *barwijǭ Proto-West Germanic *barwijā Old English *bearwe Middle English barwe Middle English whelbarwe English wheelbarrow From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: whelbarwe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwilbæɹoʊ/
- British English: /ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/