English Explanatory Dictionary

cart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
  3. A shopping cart.
verb
  1. To carry or convey in a cart.
  2. To carry goods.
  3. To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
  4. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
noun
  1. A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
  2. A cartridge for a computer or video game system.
  3. A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens.
name
  1. 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.)
noun
  1. Acronym of classification and regression tree
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its tributaries Black Cart Water and White Cart Water.

Pronunciation

/kɑːt/ kärt /kɑɹt/ En-us-cart.ogg en-us-inlandnorth-cart.ogg

Word forms

cart carts carting carted

Etymology

Etymology tree 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”).

Related words

Carte Cartes Descartes Lacarte

Derived words

applecart apple cart apple-cart ass cart baggage cart bankrupt cart bascart bell cart billy cart bullock cart cartable cartage cart away cartbote carter cartful cart horse carthorse carthouse cartless cartlike cartload cartmaker cartmaking cartman cart off cart path cartpole cart road cartroad cartshed cart stall cart tart cartway cartwheel cartwhip chapel cart cold meat cart crash cart dandy cart deadcart ding dong cart dogcart dog cart dumpcart dump cart dump-cart dustcart dust cart fire cart food cart go-cart golf cart governess-cart granny cart grocery cart halal cart handcart hand cart hand-cart
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