Barrow vs Tomb - What's the difference?
barrow | tomb |
(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
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As a proper noun barrow
is .As a noun tomb is
block.barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
Derived terms
* handbarrow * luggage-barrow * sack barrow * wheelbarrowEtymology 3
From (etyl) bearg.tomb
English
Noun
(en noun)- As one dead in the bottom of a tomb .