grocery cart

noun

US : a shopping cart used at a grocery store
His idea of a good time is to stalk the cereal aisle or the produce section and count the number of men (not very many) who check the price of an item before tossing it into the grocery cart.Patricia T. O'Conner

Examples of grocery cart in a Sentence

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Parked nearby is a grocery cart filled with his worldly processions. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 Things like maneuvering a grocery cart, moving furniture, or placing a stack of dishes on the top shelf all tick the box. SELF, 23 Sep. 2025 If you’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure, adding some flaxseed to your grocery cart could be helpful. Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2025 At the same time, the ravines have become junkyards, where home appliances, grocery carts, bald tires, grass clippings and autumn leaves have been dumped. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 One customer is seen slamming a grocery cart toward him outside the store. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 Here are five staples in your grocery cart that could see a price hike. Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 30 July 2025 Stock image/file photo: A person pushing a grocery cart through a store. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 Sriracha made its way into mainstream grocery carts. Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of grocery cart was in 1941

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“Grocery cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20cart. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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