The term barrow may refer to the following:

  • a male domestic pig that has been castrated before reaching maturation
  • a British term for a type of hand or pushcart, generally with two wheels and a canvas roof, typically used by street vendors
  • barrow (or tumulus), a type of burial mound composed of earth and stones placed over a grave or graves
  • handbarrow, a type of container with handles at both ends, used for transporting small loads, designed to be carried by two persons
  • wheelbarrow, a small, simple hand-propelled vehicle, with one or more wheels and shafts or handles, used for carrying small loads
  • a crater on the moon named after English Christian theologian and mathematician, Isaac Barrow
  • the names of villages in Gloucestershire and Lancashire in England, respectively
  • the names of several civil parishes in Cheshire, Rutland, Shropshire and Suffolk in England, respectively
  • an unincorporated community in Greene County, Illinois in the US
  • a city in the North Slope Borough, Alaska in the US
  • Barrow-in-Furness, a town and seaport in Cumbria in England
  • Barrow upon Humber, a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire in England
  • Barrow upon Soar, a village in Leicestershire in England
  • Barrow upon Trent, a village and civil parish in Derbyshire in England
  • Barrow Association Football Club, an English football club based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness
  • a fiberglass-based sculpture by American artist Jill Viney, on display at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis, Indiana in the US


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