Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [kar-uh t]
- /ˈkær ət/
- /ˈkærət/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kar-uh t]
- /ˈkær ət/
Definitions of carrot word
- variable noun carrot Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground. 3
- countable noun carrot Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a 'stick'. 3
- noun carrot an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers 3
- noun carrot the long tapering orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable 3
- noun carrot a biennial plant (Daucus carota) of the umbel family, with fernlike leaves and compound umbels of white flowers, usually with one red flower in the center: only the cultivated variety is edible 3
- noun carrot the fleshy, orange-red root of the cultivated strain of this plant (var. sativa), eaten as a vegetable 3
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Origin of carrot
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; < Middle French carotte < Late Latin carōta < Greek karōtón, derivative of kárē head, with suffix as in kephalōtón onion, derivative of kephalḗ head
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Parts of speech for Carrot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
carrot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
carrot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for carrot
noun carrot
- premium — a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
- surplus — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- bonus — A bonus is an extra amount of money that is added to someone's pay, usually because they have worked very hard.
- coupon — a ticket issued to facilitate rationing
- gain — to make a gain or gains in.
Antonyms for carrot
noun carrot
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- deterrent — A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
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