barrow

barrow
    n 1: the quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: {barrow},
         {barrowful}]
    2: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
       [syn: {burial mound}, {grave mound}, {barrow}, {tumulus}]
    3: a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more
       wheels [syn: {barrow}, {garden cart}, {lawn cart},
       {wheelbarrow}]
    

Barrow \Bar"row\ (b[a^]r"r[-o]), n. [OE. barow, fr. AS. beran to
   bear. See {Bear} to support, and cf. {Bier}.]
   1. A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on
      which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand.
      See {Handbarrow}, and {Wheelbarrow}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Salt Works) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Barrow \Bar"row\ (b[a^]r"r[-o]), n. [OE. barow, bargh, AS.
   bearg, bearh; akin to Icel. b["o]rgr, OHG. barh, barug, G.
   barch. [root]95.]
   A hog, esp. a male hog castrated. --Holland.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Barrow \Bar"row\, n. [OE. bergh, AS. beorg, beorh, hill,
   sepulchral mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei
   hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b[.r]hant high, OIr.
   brigh mountain. Cf. {Berg}, {Berry} a mound, and {Borough} an
   incorporated town.]
   1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the
      dead; a tumulus.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Barrow, AK (city, FIPS 5200)
  Location: 71.26826 N, 156.80627 W
  Population (1990): 3469 (1184 housing units)
  Area: 48.7 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 99723
    

Barrow, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
   Population (2000):    4581
   Housing Units (2000): 1620
   Land area (2000):     18.396982 sq. miles (47.647963 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    2.929036 sq. miles (7.586167 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    21.326018 sq. miles (55.234130 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            05200
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             71.300371 N, 156.735840 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     99723
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Barrow, AK
    Barrow
    

Barrow -- U.S. County in Georgia
   Population (2000):    46144
   Housing Units (2000): 17304
   Land area (2000):     162.170535 sq. miles (420.019739 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.669861 sq. miles (1.734931 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    162.840396 sq. miles (421.754670 sq. km)
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             33.994618 N, 83.721626 W
   Headwords:
    Barrow
    Barrow, GA
    Barrow County
    Barrow County, GA
    

119 Moby Thesaurus words for "barrow":
      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 boar