What does wheelbarrow mean?
Word: Wheelbarrow
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Wheelbarrow means a small cart with one wheel at the front and two handles at the back. You push it to carry soil, bricks or leaves.
Synonyms: barrow
How do you spell wheelbarrow?
Syllables: wheel - bar - row
Tricky part: Most people do not sound the h after the first w, so weelbarrow is a very common slip.
Watch out for: weelbarrow, wealbarrow, wheilbarrow
Memory tip: It is a barrow that rolls on a wheel, so write the whole of wheel, w-h-e-e-l, before anything else.
Wheelbarrow in a sentence
Example 1: The gardener tipped the soil out of the wheelbarrow beside the rose bed.
Example 2: Omar pushed a wheelbarrow full of bricks up the slope.
Example 3: We took turns giving each other rides in Grandma's old wheelbarrow.
Fun Fact
Wheelbarrows were being used in China nearly 2,000 years ago.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
wheel______
a) barro
b) borrow
c) barow
d) barrow
Show answer
d) barrow. The cart part is barrow, with a double r and ow at the end; borrow means to take something for a while and give it back.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
wheelbarrow
a) rower
b) barrel
c) throw
d) elbow
Show answer
c) throw. There is no t anywhere in wheelbarrow.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
lebowrrahwe
a) a large basket for carrying fruit on your head
b) a tool with a long handle for digging soil
c) a long pipe for watering plants in the garden
d) a small cart with one wheel that you push by its handles
Show answer
d) a small cart with one wheel that you push by its handles. The eleven letters rebuild wheelbarrow, the garden cart.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word in the given sentence:
Uncle Ravi filled the wheelbarrow with dry leeves and pushed it to the compost pit.
a) compost
b) wheelbarrow
c) leeves
d) pushed
Show answer
c) leeves. Leaves has the same ea as leaf.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job would a wheelbarrow help with?
a) writing a long letter
b) moving a pile of sand
c) baking a birthday cake
d) sending an email
Show answer
b) moving a pile of sand
2. Who would use a wheelbarrow most often?
a) a newsreader
b) a farmer
c) a pilot
d) a dentist
Show answer
b) a farmer
