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cart
[ kahrt ]
noun
- a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
- any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
- Obsolete. a chariot.
verb (used with object)
- to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck:
to cart garbage to the dump.
verb (used without object)
- to drive a cart.
verb phrase
- to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner:
The police came and carted him off to jail.
CART
1abbreviation for
- Championship Auto Racing Teams
cart
2/ ɑː /
noun
- a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods
- a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure
- any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley
- put the cart before the horseto reverse the usual or natural order of things
verb
- usually tr to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc)
to cart groceries
- tr to carry with effort; haul
to cart wood home
cart
3/ ɑː /
noun
- radio television short for cartridge
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- a· adjective
- İ noun
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cart1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cart1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the water cart, British. wagon ( def 14 ).
- put the cart before the horse, to do or place things in improper order; be illogical.
More idioms and phrases containing cart
- upset the applecart
Example Sentences
Instead of filling my online cart, I’m digging into my wardrobe.
There are motorised vehicles like cars, buses and motorcycles vying for space with non-motorised transport such as bicycles, cycle rickshaws and handcarts, animal-drawn carts, pedestrians and stray animals.
He often travels in his own golf cart, but says he still gets 25,000 steps in a day.
Images filmed by a freelance journalist working for the BBC show thousands of internally displaced people entering Tawila by foot, truck and donkey cart.
“Everything will become more expensive, but if it hurts the Vietnamese government, I’m for it,” said Diep Truong, 65, whose cart held a jackfruit the size of a pillow.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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