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applecart

applecart

5.8
A small cart that a street seller uses to sell apples and other fruit
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəlˌkɑrt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : carrito de manzanas
  • The street vendor pushed his applecart through the busy market every morning.

Examples

  • I bought some fresh fruit from the applecart on Main Street.

  • A sudden rainstorm forced her to cover her applecart with a tarp.

  • During the festival, several children helped decorate the old wooden applecart.

  • The street vendor pushed his applecart through the busy market.

  • The street vendor pushed his applecart through the busy market to sell fresh fruit.

  • A sudden rainstorm forced her to cover her applecart with a tarp to protect the apples.

  • I bought some fresh fruit from the applecart that was set up on Main Street.

Synonyms

pushcart
vsapplecart
6 3.4

A small cart with wheels that you push by hand to carry goods

is mainly used for selling apples and other fruit on the street
handcart
vsapplecart
3 3.1

A small wheeled cart pushed by hand to carry things

is mainly used for selling apples and fruit by street vendors

Surface Forms

applecart singular
applecarts plural

Morphology

applecart = apple + cart (transparent) = apple + cart

A literal compound of 'apple' + 'cart' meaning a cart for selling or carrying apples; the meaning follows directly from the parts.

Etymology

Applecart comes from the two simple words apple ('the fruit') and cart ('a small cart for carrying goods'), and it originally meant a small cart used by street sellers to sell apples.