carr

Noun (1)

carr (plural carrs)

1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
   • The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus, published 2008, page 16
   • The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 155
2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

Noun (2)

carr (plural carrs)

1. (Northumberland) Rock.

Proper noun capitalized: Carr

IPA/kɑː(ɹ)/

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

1. A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
3. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.
   • That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN
4. An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
5. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
6. A township in Clark County, Indiana.
7. A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
8. A township in Durham County, North Carolina.
9. An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
10. A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
11. A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
12. A hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190).