barrows

plural of barrow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrows
Noun
  • Several customers were busy filling the available wheelbarrows with their choices.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Turn over wheelbarrows and change the water in birdbaths at least twice a week.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Work piles up, but conversations distract for attention.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Leaves are perfect additions for worm bins and compost piles.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Following a September fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in New York, from which Ford gets aluminum supplies for vehicle production, the automaker is working to recover production volume losses of its F-Series trucks, including the Super Duty, which is made at KTP.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the trucks used to collect yard waste, which are the same ones used for leaf collection and large debris removal — like the services needed during the historic flood in August — need to be replaced within the next few years.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some shells are soft, and others are hard with spikes or mounds.
    Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Archaeologists furthermore explained that, in this region, specifically, the burial mounds tend to harken back to pre-Roman traditions, which might suggest a meeting between Celtic and Roman cultures.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.
    Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Chinese investment aims to modernize the 1,156-mile (1,860-kilometer) rail track, locomotives, passenger coaches, and wagons.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With the use of more carts rather than bags, and fewer collection cycles, city leaders expect the plan would also lessen the likelihood of workplace injuries.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The carts will be located on all levels of the terminal parking garage, at ground transportation areas, the departure curve, and at baggage claim.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Within the eyewall, total structural failure is likely, especially in higher elevation areas where wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Founded in 1982, The property features 18 rooms, seven cabins, a spa, dining porch and wine cellar on 250 acres perched on a nearly mile-high ridgeline with mist-shrouded, forever views of the rolling hills.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Williams took a new job in a new county in Georgia, sold his dream house, and packed up heaps of his Thomas memorabilia and left it in the middle of the floor.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Many returned to their homes over the weekend, only to find them under heaps of rubble.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Barrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrows. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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