Dictionary Definition
barrow
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK): /ˈbær.əʊ/, /"b
Extensive Definition
Barrow may refer
to:
Places
United Kingdom
- Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria, a large industrial town and port
- Barrow Island (England), an island in Barrow-in-Furness, one of the Islands of Furness
- Barrow-in-Furness (borough), a district of South Cumbria
- Barrow, Cheshire
- Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
- Barrow upon Humber, Lincolnshire
- Barrow upon Trent, Derbyshire
- Barrow, Suffolk
- Barrow, Shropshire
- Barrow, Rutland
- Barrow, Somerset
- Barrow, Suffolk
- Barrow, Gloucestershire
- Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Barrow (Lake District), a fell in the county of Cumbria
Ireland
- Barrow Harbour, a tidal inlet off Tralee Bay, County Kerry
- River Barrow, a river, one of the Three Sisters
United States
- Barrow,
Alaska, a city in North Slope Borough
- Point Barrow, a headland 9 miles northeast of the town of Barrow, the northernmost point of the United States
- Barrow, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Greene County
Australia
- Barrow Creek, Northern Territory, a town in the Northern Territory
- Barrow Island (Western Australia), an island off the coast of Western Australia
- Barrow Island (Queensland), part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Ninian Bay, Queensland
Canada
The Moon
- Barrow (crater), a crater on the Moon, named after Isaac Barrow
People
- Bernard Barrow, former American actor
- Clyde Barrow, former American gangster, part of the Bonnie and Clyde crime duo
- Dean Barrow, Belizean politician
- Ed Barrow, former baseball executive
- Errol Barrow, former Barbados politician
- Henry Barrowe, 16th Century English Puritan and separatist
- Isaac Barrow, 17th Century English divine, scholar and mathematician
- Isaac Barrow (bishop), Bishop of Sodor and Man and of St Asaph; Governor of the Isle of Man
- Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, 19th Century English statesman
- John Barrow (U.S. politician), American politician
- John D. Barrow, English theoretical physicist
- Joseph Louis Barrow, former heavyweight boxing champion, better known simply as Joe Louis
- Nita Barrow, former Barbados nurse and humanitarian activist
- Steve Barrow, reggae historian
- Thomas Barrow, former Canadian politician
- Tony Barrow, English public relations man for The Beatles
Transportation
- Mary Barrow, a schooner beached at Porthminster in 1908.
Sport
- Barrow A.F.C., an English football (soccer) team based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness
- Barrow Raiders, a British rugby league team from Barrow-in-Furness
Fiction
- Barrow-wight, a wraith-like creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth
See also
barrow in Czech:
Barrow
barrow in German:
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barrow in Spanish:
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barrow in French:
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barrow in Italian:
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barrow in Dutch:
Barrow
barrow in Japanese:
バロー
barrow in Norwegian:
Barrow
barrow in Russian:
Барроу
barrow in Slovak:
Barrow
barrow in Volapük:
Barrow
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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
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