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- [kahrt]
- /kɑrt/
- /kɑːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kahrt]
- /kɑrt/
Definitions of cart word
- countable noun cart A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals. 3
- verb cart If you cart things or people somewhere, you carry them or transport them there, often with difficulty. 3
- countable noun cart A cart is a small vehicle with a motor. 3
- countable noun cart A cart or a shopping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. 3
- noun cart a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods 3
- noun cart a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure 3
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Origin of cart
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English cart(e), Old English cræt (by metathesis); cognate with Old Norse kartr cart
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cart
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cart popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
cart usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cart
noun cart
- wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- truck — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- buggy — A buggy is the same as a baby buggy.
- dray — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- gig — gigabyte
verb cart
- ferry — a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- tote — Informal. to add up; total.
- bring — If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- move — to pass from one place or position to another.
Antonyms for cart
verb cart
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
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