A shallow container on wheels with two handles, used to carry and move heavy objects around a garden or construction site.
'Wheel' comes from Old English 'hweol' and 'barrow' from Old English 'bearwe' (a stretcher or sled). Combined since the 1400s to describe the tool for moving heavy loads.
The wheelbarrow was a game-changing invention because the wheel supports the weight while your arms just guide it—that simple physics principle is why a wheelbarrow can carry way more than you could lift in your arms.
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