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carotte

/kəˈɹɒt/US/kəˈɹɑt/

carotte noun: a cylindrical roll of tobacco.

carotte: Freshly harvested carrots with green tops lie on paper
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Noun

carotte (plural carottes)

  1. A cylindrical roll of tobacco
    • a carotte of perique
    • He himself was obviously a non-smoker, and probably a total abstainer as well. I do not like to end this factual account of my smoking life with hard thoughts about a non-smoking official who deprived me of a carotte of tobacco.1957, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Sublime Tobacco

Forms of carotte

pluralcarottes
alternative formcarot

Origin of carotte

From French carotte. Doublet of carrot.

Words that rhyme with carotte

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Questions about carotte

What does carotte mean?
Carotte means a cylindrical roll of tobacco.
What part of speech is carotte?
Carotte is a noun.
How do you pronounce carotte?
Carotte is pronounced /kəˈɹɑt/ (US).
What is the plural of carotte?
The plural of carotte is carottes.

Words near carotte in the dictionary

  1. carotinoid
  2. carotinoids
  3. carotins
  4. carotodynia
  5. carotol
  6. carotte
  7. carottes
  8. caroubier
  9. caroubiers
  10. caroubin
  11. caroubinase

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