carrot
Syllables: car·rotUK/ˈkæɹət//ˈkæɹət/
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carrot noun: a vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
Noun
carrot (countable and uncountable, plural carrots)
- A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
- In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42
- Synonyms:
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- A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
- Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
- Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.2022 August 7, Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman, “Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- 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.2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times
- Someone from a rural background.
- A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
- A redhead; a ginger-haired person
Verb
carrot (third-person singular simple present carrots, present participle carroting, simple past and past participle carroted)
- To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
carrot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
carrot in Hindi
- Daucus carota ssp. sativus
- गाजर gājar, गज़र gazar
carrot in Tamil
- Daucus carota ssp. sativus
- காரட் kāraṭ, கேரட் kēraṭ
carrot in Marathi
- Daucus carota ssp. sativus
- गाजर gājar
carrot in Urdu
- Daucus carota ssp. sativus
- گاجر gājar, گزر gazar
More languagesFewer languages
- carrot in Bengali
- গাজর gajor
- carrot in Telugu
- కారెట్ kāreṭ
- carrot in Malayalam
- ശീമമുള്ളങ്കിച്ചെടി śīmamuḷḷaṅkicceṭi
- carrot in Kannada
- ಗಜ್ಜರಿ gajjari, ಕೆಂಪು ಮೂಲಂಗಿ kempu mūlaṅgi
- carrot in Punjabi
- ਗਾਜਰ gājar
- carrot in Gujarati
- ગાજર gājar
- carrot in Odia
- ଗାଜର gājara
- carrot in Sanskrit
- गाजरम् gājaram, गृञ्जनकम् gṛñjanakam, गार्जर gārjara
- carrot in Assamese
- গাজৰ gazor
- carrot in Nepali
- गाजर् gājar
- carrot in Pashto
- زردکه, ګازره
- carrot in Tagalog
- asanorya, asinorya, karot
- carrot in Arabic
- جَزَر jazar, جزر gazar, جُزَر juzar, خيزو xīzzu
- carrot in Malay
- wortel, karot, lobak merah
- carrot in Indonesian
- wortel
- carrot in Persian
- هویج havij, گزر gazar, زردک zardak
- carrot in Thai
- แครอท kɛɛ-rɔ̀t, แคร์รอต kɛɛ-rɔ̀t
- carrot in Vietnamese
- cà rốt, ca rốt
- carrot in Myanmar
- မုန်လာဥဝါ munlau.wa, မုန်လာဥနီ munlau.ni
- Sindhi
- گَجَرَ gājara
- Dhivehi
- ކެރެޓް kereṭ
- Kashmiri
- गाज़्रुर gāzrur
Examples of carrot in a sentence
- We were tempted with the carrot but subtly threatened with the stick.
- The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
- There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
Synonyms of carrot
Forms of carrot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | carrots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | carrots |
| present participle | carroting |
| past participle | carroted |
| past | carroted |
Origin of carrot
Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”). * Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick. * Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs.
Words formed from carrot
- carroting
- baby carrot
- baby-cut carrot
- Camberwell carrot
- carotane
- carotene
- carrot-and-stick
- carrot and stick
- carrot bacon
- carrot bag
- carrot beetle
- carrot cake
- carrot cruncher
- carrot dog
- carroter
- carrot fly
- carrotish
- carrotless
- carrotlike
- carrot-nosed
- carrot rust fly
- carrot-top
- carrot top
- carrot-topped
- carrot weevil
- carrotwood
- carroty
- cry carrots and turnips
- cuff the carrot
- deadly carrot
- like peas and carrots
- moon carrot
- rainbow carrots
- stick and carrot
- stick-and-carrot
- white carrot
- wild carrot
Phrases with carrot
Words that rhyme with carrot
Questions about carrot
- What does carrot mean?
- Carrot means a vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
- What is carrot in Hindi?
- Carrot in Hindi is गाजर (gājar), गज़र (gazar). See Carrot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carrot?
- Carrot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce carrot?
- Carrot is pronounced /ˈkæɹət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of carrot?
- The plural of carrot is carrots.
Words near carrot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carrot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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