carrot

Examples

• All

• It's just some chicken broth, carrots and red onions as well.

• Frank had a sandwich, an apple, two carrots, and a square of chocolate.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Can you give me one more carrot from the fridge?

• Digging in her pack, the girl handed the pony a carrot before she sat.

  Fiction book (1994)

• What do you like more, carrots or broccoli?

  GaryVee

• Every Guinea pig loves carrots, and people love Guinea pigs.

• I finished paring the last carrot and went to put the peelings into the garbage can.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Here are some carrots.

  Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

• They're nice and crunchy and we'll have some carrots.

  Deadly Harvest (1977)

• I added chopped carrots to the salad for extra crunch and color.

Synonyms

V

vegetable

vscarrot

545 1.0

A plant or plant part eaten as food, usually not sweet

is a particular long orange root rather than any plant part

R

root vegetable

vscarrot

5 2.4

A vegetable that grows under the ground like a carrot or potato

is a specific long orange example of such underground edible roots

C

cultivated carrot

vscarrot

• Specialized

2.0

A long orange root vegetable that people grow to eat

is the general food term describing its long orange root eaten raw or cooked

D

Daucus carota sativa

vscarrot

• Specialized

8.7

A carrot grown for its orange root that people eat as a vegetable

is the simple food description focusing on the root rather than life cycle

Idioms

D

to dangle a carrot

• Informal

1 4.4

Offer a small reward to make someone do something

O

to offer a carrot

• Informal

3.7

To give a small reward, like money or time off, to encourage someone to do something

U

to use a carrot

• Informal

4.2

Offer a reward to encourage someone to do something

Compounds

C

carrot stick

7 1.3

A thin piece of raw carrot eaten as a snack

C

carrot juice

5 1.0

A drink you get by squeezing carrots

C

carrot soup

1 1.0

A soup made mainly from carrots, often with broth and cream

W

wild carrot

1 4.8

A tall plant with thin leaves and small white flowers often found in meadows

C

carrot cruncher

• Slang

9.8

A person who mainly eats healthy food like vegetables

C

carrot family

• Specialized

4.1

A group of plants like parsley and dill with small umbrella-shaped flower clusters

C

carrot pudding

2.3

A sweet dessert made with grated carrots, milk, and sugar

C

carrot top

• Informal

7.7

A person with bright red or orange hair

C

cultivated carrot

• Specialized

2.0

A long orange root vegetable that people grow to eat

M

moon carrot

• UK

9.9

A plant with tall stems, thin leaves, and clusters of small white or pink flowers

How Big

carrot

200 1.0

carrot stick

7 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology