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carrot

/ˈkær.ət/

/ˈkɛr.ət/

carrotnoun

carrots

/ˈkær.ət/

/ˈkɛr.ət/

Translations

I bought a bunch of carrots from the market.

Я купил пучок моркови на рынке.

Definitions

A tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable.

She added chopped carrot to the salad for extra crunch and color.

A reward or incentive offered to persuade someone to do something.

The company offered a bonus as a carrot to encourage employees to meet their targets.

The plant (Daucus carota) that bears the edible orange root, including both the cultivated and wild varieties.

Wild carrot, also called Queen Anne's lace, has a white taproot unlike the familiar garden carrot.

Synonyms

carrot root

carrotverb

carroted

Past Simple

carroted

Past Participle

carroting

Gerund

Specialised technical verb in the fur-processing industry.

Definitions

To treat animal fur with a solution of mercuric nitrate to remove grease and prepare it for felting.

Traditional hatters carroted beaver pelts before shaping them into top hats.

carrotadjective

more carrot

Comp.

most carrot

Super.

/ˈkærət/

Used attributively to denote food made with carrots or (less commonly) a bright orange colour.

Definitions

Made with or flavoured with carrots (or, by extension, of a bright orange colour).

She baked a moist carrot cake for the party.