shopping cart
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- noun
- /ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑrt/
- US
:
carrito de la compra
- Shoppers walk by with shopping carts, little children, oblivious to the activity inside Bill's car.
- push shopping carts
- fill shopping carts
- shopping cart through the supermarket
A pre spring wind flapped the plastic covering of a junk man shopping cart.
- A pre spring wind flapped the plastic covering of a junk man shopping cart.
Examples
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Just look there," she said, pointing to a woman pushing a shopping cart full of cans and bottles.
Fiction book (2000) -
Next to him is a shopping cart full of broken junk and grungy clothes.
Fiction book (1995) -
Can I get a shopping cart, please?
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At the huge office supply store, he got a shopping cart and began to fill it from his list.
Fiction book (1994) -
But before I could leave... this mother and her kid show up, and they have a shopping cart filled with their things.
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Joan dropped a container of yogurt into the shopping cart, more carelessly than she intended.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pamela, in her wedding clothes, is pushing a shopping cart filled with the feast she's preparing.
Fiction book (1991) -
A hag lady clattered past, her shopping cart piled high with flattened aluminum cans and fluorescent-orange traffic cones.
Fiction book (1995) -
She pushed the shopping cart down the aisle, filling it with fresh produce and canned goods.
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The store provided a large shopping cart for customers to use while collecting their groceries.
Synonyms
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A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
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A cart on wheels used for carrying shopping or luggage
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3.4
A small cart with wheels that you push by hand to carry goods
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A small container with a handle used to carry items while you shop in a store
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Morphology
The meaning 'a container where a customer places items to purchase' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'shopping' (buying goods) with 'cart' (a container for carrying items). This noun-noun composition is common cross-linguistically and easily extends from physical supermarket trolleys to a virtual container, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Shopping cart is simply a small cart you push while 'shopping' to carry things around a store. That's why it means a large basket on wheels used to hold groceries.