Definition of carrot
1 : a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Umbelliferae, the carrot family) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible root; also : its root
2 : a reward or advantage offered especially as an inducement The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
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Examples of carrot in a Sentence
She chopped some carrots for the soup.
He added some grated carrot to the soup.
The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
Recent Examples of carrot from the Web
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Shaving walnuts on a Microplane allows Centeno to shade pristine baby carrots with a pesto made from their tops.
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Spectacular Bid, Seattle Slew, Zenyatta, Affirmed and Citation all won their first races before gobbling stakes races like carrots.
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In the wild rice with spring vegetables and fermented carrots, rice was an ensemble player, not the lead.
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Chop in quarters two onions, scrape and cut in half 4 carrots, clean 4 to 6 ribs of celery, and place all vegetable in the bottom of a roasting pan.
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Toss half of vinaigrette with rice noodles, shredded carrots, basil and mint.
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Spiralize the carrot on the finest noodle blade, then the zucchini on a slightly larger noodle blade.
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Sweet Laurel will be slicing from their entire menu of cakes—we’re talking chocolate caramel, vanilla coconut jam, carrot—and Caffe Luxxe will be pouring a bunch of different brews that pair with each flavor.
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Benne seeds (aka sesame seeds), which came to South Carolina from Africa circa 1730, freckle smoked carrots nestled among collard greens planted in tahini sauce that amplifies the sesame flavor.
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Origin and Etymology of carrot
Medieval French carotte, from Late Latin carota, from Greek karōton
CARROT Defined for English Language Learners
carrot
playDefinition of carrot for English Language Learners
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: the long orange root of a plant that is eaten as a vegetable
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: something that is offered as a reward or advantage to persuade a person to do something
CARROT Defined for Kids
carrot
playDefinition of carrot for Students
: a long orange root of a garden plant that is eaten as a vegetable
Medical Dictionary
carrot
playMedical Definition of carrot
: a biennial plant of the genus Daucus (D. carota) that bears seeds which have been used especially as a diuretic and stimulant and that in cultivated varieties has a yellow or orange-red tapering root which is used as a vegetable; also : its root
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