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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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Keep reading for the eight best markdowns worth adding to your virtual cart.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 3 July 2025
Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
There was no injury update as of Tuesday night after Brown was carted off the field during last week’s session.
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Noun
Steam flowed from the cart and the scent of masa drifted through the air as Chris, 14, reached down to pull out tamales.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Keep reading for the eight best markdowns worth adding to your virtual cart.
—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
After a painful tee shot on the 13th hole, Spieth walked off, handed his scorecard to playing partner Luke Clanton, and was carted back to the clubhouse.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
There was no injury update as of Tuesday night after Brown was carted off the field during last week’s session.
—Ben Standig, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cart. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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