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carrot

/ˈkæɹət/noun2 syllables

Carrot means: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions.

Synonyms for carrot2

noun, as in perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa

What does carrot mean?4

noun

1

perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

2

deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

3

orange root; important source of carotene

4

promise of reward as in ‘carrot and stick’“used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Carrot in a sentence

  • No, a carrot is not important enough to need an exclamation mark after it.AlanF_US
  • In this soup there are carrots, onions, parsley, celery and potatoes.sharris123
  • Except for carrots, there is nothing he won't eat.mailohilohi
  • Carrots, onions, potatoes, beef... what else do you want to put in?end
  • If you dream of eating carrots, does your eyesight improve?DJ_Saidez
  • I want to see, whether there are still carrots at the weekly market.Ioan_Cristian
  • No, carrots are not so important as to require exclamation points.Max101
  • Eat your carrots, they say they're good for your eyesight!Nuel

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of carrot

as a noun

plural
carrots