plural carts
Definition of cart
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
3a : 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
4 : 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
cart
verbcarted; carting; carts
Definition of cart (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to carry or convey in or as if in a cart
buses to cart the kids to and from school— L. S. Gannett
2 : to take or drag away without ceremony or by force
—usually used with offthey carted him off to jail
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The first known use of cart was in the 13th century
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