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carrot

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae.

Pronunciation

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karuht

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈkæɹət

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Word Review

Definition

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noun

  1. Orange root; important source of carotene

  2. A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

  3. figurative

    Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

  4. ukslang

    A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.

verb

  1. transitive

    To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

More ways to use carrot

  • “Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Shade / deep

carrot familycarrot soup

Treat

carrot juiceraw carrot

Other combinations

carrot cakelarge carrotsmall carrotmedium carrot

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • carrot familynounCompound term

    Plants having flowers in umbels: parsley.

  • carrot juicenounCompound term

    Usually freshly squeezed juice of carrots.

  • carrot puddingnounCompound term

    Pudding made with grated carrots.

  • carrot sticknounCompound term

    A stick of carrot eaten raw.

  • cultivated carrotnounCompound term

    Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots.

  • moon carrotnounCompound term

    Any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage.

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