carrot

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: kâr'ət, IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ət/; enPR: kĕr'ət, IPA: /ˈkɛɹ.ət/
• (RP) enPR: kâr'ət, IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ət/
• (weak vowel merger) homophones en

Noun

carrot

1. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
2. A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

    

3. Any motivational tool.

Translations

• French: carotte
• German: Möhre, Mohrrübe, Karotte, Rüebli qual Swiss, gelbe Rübe (regional)
• Italian: carota
• Portuguese: cenoura
• Russian: морко́вь
• Spanish: zanahoria

Translations

• Russian: пря́ник

Verb

carrot (carrots, present participle carroting; past and past participle carroted)

1. (transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

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