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cart¹

  • /kɑːt/ UK
  • /kɑɹt/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

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Old Norse kartrbor.

Proto-Germanic *kradô

Proto-West Germanic *krat

Old English crætder.

Middle English cart

English cart

From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

noun carts

  1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers. The grocer delivered his goods by cart.
  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
  3. Internet A shopping cart.

verb carts · carting · carted

  1. transitive To carry or convey in a cart. "You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"
  2. informal, transitive To carry goods. I've been carting these things around all day.
  3. transitive To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal. On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
  4. obsolete, transitive To expose in a cart by way of punishment. She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted

cart²

  • /kɑːt/ UK
  • /kɑɹt/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Clipping of cartridge.

noun carts

  1. informal A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
  2. informal A cartridge for a computer or video game system. My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.
  3. informal, slang A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens; a detachable clearomizer, usually threaded and prefilled. Whoah! Where did you get a DMT cart?

CART³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams, a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel racing in motorsports in the United States of America. (Compare USAC, FIA.)Championship Auto Racing Teams

noun CARTs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of classification and regression tree.classification and regression tree

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Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t

proper noun Carts

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its tributaries Black Cart Water and White Cart Water.

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