wheelbarrow
part of speech
noun (a wheelbarrow, wheelbarrows)
meaning for a pupil
A wheelbarrow is a small cart with one wheel at the front, two handles and two legs at the back, used for carrying loads such as soil, sand or bricks in a garden or on a building site. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on forces and simple machines, the wheelbarrow is a lever (class 2): the wheel is the pivot, the load sits in the middle, and you lift the handles, so a heavy load feels lighter. In everyday life people use a wheelbarrow in the garden. In PE, a «wheelbarrow race» is when one child walks on their hands while a partner holds their legs. Phrases: «push a wheelbarrow», «wheelbarrow race».
examples
- We moved the soil in a wheelbarrow. tree →
- Grandpa pushed the wheelbarrow full of leaves. tree →
- The wheelbarrow is a kind of lever. tree →
- We had a wheelbarrow race on sports day. tree →
- The builder filled the wheelbarrow with bricks. tree →
- Don't overload the wheelbarrow or it will tip. tree →
- The wheel acts as the pivot. tree →
- But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow and peeped over. tree →
note
Plural: wheelbarrows. One word; short form: barrow. Science: wheel = pivot/fulcrum, load in the middle, effort at the handles — that is why it makes lifting easier.
In the corpora
- Early wheelbarrows are recorded in Han China and crossbows by the 5th century BC; ancient Greece had its own early forms of both.
- Seesaws, scissors, wheelbarrows, bottle openers, nutcrackers, tongs and even your own arm are all levers.
- In a wheelbarrow the wheel is the pivot, and the load is easiest to lift when it sits close to the wheel.
- A see-saw, scissors, a bottle opener and a wheelbarrow all use levers.
Trees and pragmatics
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