plural carts
1
: a heavy usually horse-drawn 2-wheeled vehicle used for farming or transporting freight
2
: a lightweight 2-wheeled vehicle drawn by a horse, pony, or dog
3
a
: a small wheeled vehicle see golf cart, grocery cart, shopping cart sense 1
b
: a table with wheels that is used especially for serving food
I make conversation after asking to look at the menu: That apple tart on the dessert cart—who made it, and what's in the crust?—
Corby Kummer
Corby Kummer4
: a temporary record of items selected for purchase from an online vendor : shopping cart sense 2
You head back to your favorite Web shopping site, and the stuff you crammed in your cart last time is still there, waiting for you to buy it or dump it.—Neil Randall
Neil Randall
carted; carting; carts
1
: to carry or convey in or as if in a cart
… buses to cart the kids to and from school.—L. S. Gannett
L. S. Gannett2
: to take or drag away without ceremony or by force
—usually used with off
they carted him off to jail
carter
noun
Examples of cart in a Sentence
Noun
a cart piled up with hay
Verb
We carted some dirt to the garden.
I carted all the books home.
He carted the bags away.
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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Do not place recycling and garbage carts in the street.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The Cleveland Browns’ defensive front lost a central piece Sunday when defensive tackle Maliek Collins was carted off the field with a knee injury and ruled out for the remainder of Cleveland’s Week 13 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
More than 2,000 Amazon shoppers have given it a five-star rating, with hundreds of users adding it to their carts in the past month alone.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Do not place recycling and garbage carts in the street.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
Verb
Shelby Harris and Jennings had a heated moment when Browns defensive tackle Maliek Collins was carted off the field with an injury.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The Cleveland Browns’ defensive front lost a central piece Sunday when defensive tackle Maliek Collins was carted off the field with a knee injury and ruled out for the remainder of Cleveland’s Week 13 game against the San Francisco 49ers.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cart. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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cart
1 of 2 noun1
: a heavy two-wheeled wagon usually pulled by a horse
2
: a light usually two-wheeled vehicle
pony cart
cart
2 of 2 verb
: to carry in or as if in a cart
carter
noun
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