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cart

46 1.6
A place in an online store where you keep items to buy
  • noun
  • /kɑrt/
  • Texting
translation icon : carrito de la compra
  • You can put items in your cart and then check out when you're ready.
  • shopping cart
  • fill your cart
  • an empty cart

I have had this in my Etsy cart for a very long time.

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Examples

  • We'll have your entire cart.

  • Pamela, in her wedding clothes, is pushing a shopping cart filled with the feast she's preparing.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Put more kitchen paper in the cart for next time.

  • Can I get a shopping cart, please?

  • I saw it in your cart.

  • I have had this in my Etsy cart for a very long time.

  • I didn't realize that my cart had a Diet Coke can and receipt.

  • I head straightaway to the checkout and then abandon my cart there and step outside.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Sidney Archer sipped her coffee while the beverage cart made its way down the rest of the aisle.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • 2) Holden pushes a shopping cart at the food store, throwing various things into the basket.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

shopping cart
vscart
  • Texting
5 1.6

An online list on a website or app where you put items to buy

is identical in meaning but is the most common general term
shopping basket
vscart
  • UK
2.7

A space on a website or app where you keep items you plan to buy before you pay

is similar but used as an alternative regional or stylistic name
shopping bag
vscart
  • Texting
2.5

A place on a store website or app where you save items before buying them

is similar but often emphasizes retailer branding or interface wording

Idioms

To do things in the wrong order

Compounds

23 2.3

A small vehicle that carries golfers and their bags around a golf course

15 1.0

A large basket on wheels used in shops to carry items while you shop

shopping cart
  • Texting
5 1.6

An online list on a website or app where you put items to buy

go-cart
  • US
3 2.5

A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children

1 2.4

A small cart pulled by a donkey that usually seats two people

1 1.1

A cart with wheels for carrying clothes in laundromats or hotels

1 2.7

A heavy cart pulled by a horse to carry goods or farm items

1 3.2

A strong horse used to pull carts or heavy loads

1 4.8

A rough path made by cart wheels

1 2.3

A small wheeled container with handles used in a garden to carry tools or plants

1 3.2

A small cart a waiter brings to show and serve cakes and desserts

1 3.7

A small vehicle with two or four wheels pulled by a pony with seats for two people

1 2.7

A small cart on wheels for serving tea, coffee, or light food

A common European plant that grows as a weed in fields and paths

2.7

A small box with wheels and a handle for carrying garden soil and tools

A large cart pulled by a horse that carries goods or people

2.8

A small table with wheels for carrying and serving food and drinks

tub-cart
  • Archaic
9.9

A small two-wheeled cart with two seats pulled by a pony

water cart
  • Archaic
4.3

A cart with a tank that carries and gives out water

3.2

A vehicle with a tank and sprinkler that sprays water on roads to stop dust

How Full

cartful
1 3.0
cart
  • Texting
46 1.6

Surface Forms

cart singular
carts plural

Etymology

The word cart first meant a small vehicle for carrying things, and shops used that image for shopping. A helpful way to remember the online cart is to think of a real cart at a market: you put things in it to take them to the checkout, so the online cart holds your items until you buy them.