Carrot

/ˈkæɹət/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.

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.

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Word Forms

• carrots
• carroting
• carroted

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