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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Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
And the deals don’t stop there, don’t sleep on filling your cart up with limited-time early Prime Day beauty deals, like the Oura Ring, a T3 hair styler, and plenty of must-have makeup and skincare deals (including K-beauty finds!), well before Prime Day 2025 commences.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
The pitcher was placed onto a stretcher and carted off the field as fans applauded.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 20 June 2025
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Noun
After dark, there’s a Midnight Snack cart delivering warm, comfort-food bites to weary red-eye travelers (because New York never sleeps, and neither do airport people).
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
And the deals don’t stop there, don’t sleep on filling your cart up with limited-time early Prime Day beauty deals, like the Oura Ring, a T3 hair styler, and plenty of must-have makeup and skincare deals (including K-beauty finds!), well before Prime Day 2025 commences.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Verb
North Reading capped off an impressive 21-win season by riding the pitching of Ethan Quan to a 10-3 win over Arlington Catholic to cart home the Div. 3 state title.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
The pitcher was placed onto a stretcher and carted off the field as fans applauded.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 20 June 2025
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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cart. Accessed 4 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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