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cart

[ kahrt ]

noun

  1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
  2. a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
  3. any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
  4. Obsolete. a chariot.


verb (used with object)

  1. to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck:

    to cart garbage to the dump.

verb (used without object)

  1. to drive a cart.

verb phrase

  1. to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner:

    The police came and carted him off to jail.

CART

1

abbreviation for

  1. Championship Auto Racing Teams
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cart

2

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods
  2. a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure
  3. any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley
  4. put the cart before the horse
    to reverse the usual or natural order of things
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verb

  1. usually tr to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc)

    to cart groceries

  2. tr to carry with effort; haul

    to cart wood home

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cart

3

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. radio television short for cartridge
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ, adjective
  • ˈٱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • a· adjective
  • İ noun
  • ܲ·Ļ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cart1

before 900; Middle English cart ( e ), Old English æ (by metathesis); cognate with Old Norse kartr cart
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cart1

C13: from Old Norse kartr; related to Old English æ carriage, Old French carete; see car
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the water cart, British. wagon ( def 14 ).
  2. 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
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Example Sentences

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Instead of filling my online cart, I’m digging into my wardrobe.

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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.

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He often travels in his own golf cart, but says he still gets 25,000 steps in a day.

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Images filmed by a freelance journalist working for the BBC show thousands of internally displaced people entering Tawila by foot, truck and donkey cart.

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“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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