barrow
/ˈbærəʊ/noun
उच्चारण बैरो
ठेला
Core word
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[C] especially British
a small cart with two wheels from which fruit, vegetables or other goods are sold in the street
ठेला
- a fruit seller's barrow
- The vegetable seller pushed his barrow through the lane.
- The old man sold bananas from a barrow.
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- A barrow of oranges stood outside the station.
- He pushed the barrow down the crowded street.
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[C]
a wheelbarrow
एक पहिये वाली हाथगाड़ी, ठेला
- He filled the barrow with sand.
- He tipped a barrow of soil onto the flower bed.
- Fill the barrow with compost and take it to the garden.
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- The gardener wheeled the barrow across the lawn.
- A barrow is useful for carrying bricks on a building site.
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[C]
a large pile of earth built over the place where people were buried in ancient times
प्राचीन टीला-समाधि
- a Bronze Age burial barrow
- Archaeologists excavated an ancient barrow near the village.
- Archaeologists dug into the barrow to look for ancient tools.
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- The barrow stands on a hill above the valley.
- This barrow dates from more than three thousand years ago.
Synonyms burial mound tumulus
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a barrow (countable noun)
Barrow is countable. It has two common meanings: a small two-wheeled cart for selling goods, and a wheelbarrow for carrying loads.
'Barrow' countable है। इसके दो आम अर्थ हैं: सामान बेचने की दो पहियों वाली छोटी ठेली, और बोझ ढोने की wheelbarrow।
- A fruit seller pushed his barrow through the lane.
- He carried the sand in a barrow.
barrow = a burial mound
In history and archaeology, a barrow is a mound of earth over an ancient grave. This sense is formal.
इतिहास और पुरातत्व में 'barrow' प्राचीन क़ब्र के ऊपर बना मिट्टी का टीला है। यह अर्थ औपचारिक है।
- Archaeologists opened an ancient barrow on the hill.
barrow + noun / noun + barrow
Barrow forms compounds such as barrow boy, fruit barrow and coal barrow.
'Barrow' से barrow boy, fruit barrow और coal barrow जैसे compound बनते हैं।
- The barrow boy shouted the price of his oranges.
barrow vs wheelbarrow vs cart
A wheelbarrow has one wheel and is used in building and gardening; a barrow with two wheels, or a hand cart, is used to sell goods. Barrow alone can mean either.
Wheelbarrow में एक पहिया होता है और यह निर्माण तथा बाग़वानी में काम आती है; दो पहियों वाली barrow या हाथ-ठेला सामान बेचने के काम आता है। अकेला 'barrow' दोनों का अर्थ दे सकता है।
- The mason moved bricks in a wheelbarrow.
- The vegetable seller pushed a two-wheeled barrow.
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verb + barrow
pushwheelloadunloadtipfill
- He pushed the loaded barrow up the slope.
adjective + barrow
woodenheavyemptyoldgarden
- The old wooden barrow squeaked on the stones.
barrow + noun
boyloadsellerwheelstall
- A barrow seller offered fresh corn to the passers-by.
barrow + load
a barrow of sanda barrow of bricksa barrow of vegetablesa barrow of soil
- Two labourers brought a barrow of sand to the site.
barrow + verb
squeaktip overget stuckroll away
- The barrow got stuck in the mud and the men pushed it out.
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- The gardener filled the barrow with dry leaves.
माली ने ठेले को सूखी पत्तियों से भर दिया।
- Radhika bought guavas from a barrow outside her school.
राधिका ने अपने स्कूल के बाहर एक ठेले से अमरूद ख़रीदे।
- The workers wheeled barrows of cement across the plank.
मज़दूर तख़्ते के ऊपर से सीमेंट से भरे ठेले ले जा रहे थे।
- He tipped the barrow and the bricks slid out.
उसने ठेला पलटा और ईंटें बाहर खिसक गईं।
- The historian visited a Bronze Age barrow in the countryside.
इतिहासकार ने देहात में कांस्य युग के एक टीले का दौरा किया।
- The barrow rolled slowly down the lane, and the seller called out his prices.
ठेला गली में धीरे-धीरे चलता रहा और बेचने वाला अपने दाम पुकारता रहा।
- The farmer tipped a barrow of manure on to the field.
किसान ने खेत में ठेले से खाद उँडेल दी।