how to pronounce wheelbarrow

/ˈwiːlˌbæɹ.əʊ/

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wheelbarrow is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of wheelbarrow in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… litres of water in a wheelbarrow where …”

meanings of wheelbarrow

verb:

To convey in a wheelbarrow.
To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.

noun:

A small, one-wheeled (rarely two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

wheelbarrow frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word wheelbarrow occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics wheelbarrow can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that wheelbarrow can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;