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carrot
[ kar-uht ]
noun
- a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- the nutritious, orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.
- something hoped for or promised as a lure or incentive: Compare stick 1( def 8 ).
To boost productivity, leaders hinted at the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers.
verb (used with object)
- to treat (furs) with mercuric nitrate preparatory to felting.
carrot
/ ˈ°ìæ°ùÉ™³Ù /
noun
- an umbelliferous plant, Daucus carota sativa, with finely divided leaves and flat clusters of small white flowers See also wild carrot
- the long tapering orange root of this plant, eaten as a vegetable
- something offered as a lure or incentive
- reward and punishment as methods of persuasion
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of carrot1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of carrot1
Example Sentences
Let’s say you find chicken thighs, carrots, half a box of penne, an almost-empty jar of harissa, some butter and heavy cream.
Take carrots for example — one of my absolute favorites.
President Putin has dangled the carrot of lucrative joint projects with the Americans involving rare earth minerals and aluminium production.
A cake made of linseed mash and grass pellets, with a middle layer of grated carrot.
In some shows, threatening that anyone can die becomes the carrot dangling a few inches out of reach, pulling us from one episode to the next regardless of the writing’s sharpness.
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