barrowful

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the amount that a barrow, especially a wheelbarrow, can hold

   The gardener tipped a barrowful of compost onto the flower bed.

Formed in English from barrow + -ful, the suffix used in nouns of quantity to mean as much as a container can hold. Barrow in this sense descends from Old English bearwe, a handcart or stretcher.

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