English Explanatory Dictionary

barrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mountain.
  2. A hill.
  3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
  4. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
noun
  1. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
  2. A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
noun
  1. A castrated boar.
noun
  1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. Former name of Utqiagvik, the borough seat of North Slope Borough, Alaska, renamed in 2016.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois.
  4. A number of places in England:
  5. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, which includes the settlements of Great Barrow and Little Barrow.
  6. A civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, which replaced the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on 1 April 2023.
  7. A hamlet in Boddington parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8824).
  8. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, previously in Wiswell parish (OS grid ref SD7338).
  9. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland (OS grid ref SK8915).
  10. A hamlet and civil parish in Much Wenlock ward, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6500).
  11. A hamlet in Charlton Musgrove parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7232).
  12. A hamlet in North Wootton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5541).

Pronunciation

bărʹō /ˈbæɹəʊ/ en-GB-barrow.ogg /ˈbæɹoʊ/ En-us-ne-barrow.ogg /ˈbɛɹoʊ/ /ˈbɛɚ.oʊ/ En-us-barrow.ogg /ˈbaɾo/ /ˈbaɾou/

Word forms

barrow barrows barra

Etymology

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and bergh. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Elfdalian bjärr (“hill, mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”).

Synonyms

See burial mound § Synonyms

Derived words

elf barrow fairy barrow bag barrow barrow boy barrow-boy barrow crossing barrowful barrowlike barrowload barrow man barrowman barrow-way bowl barrow hackbarrow handbarrow luggage barrow sack barrow sea barrow wheelbarrow Barrow Bay Barrow County Barrow Gurney Barrow Haven Barrow Hill Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Island Barrow upon Humber Barrow upon Soar Barrow upon Trent Donnai-Barrow syndrome North Barrow Point Barrow South Barrow
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