Carrot

Quick meaning: Carrot is a noun meaning A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
2. (UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background.
3. (UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
4. (transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
5. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
6. (slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person

Example Sentences

Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.

In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.

In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.

Word Forms

• carrots
• carroting
• carroted

Synonyms for carrot

Depending on context, synonyms include more.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include core, sugar, stick, sausage, root, bait.

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