plural carts
1
: a heavy usually horse-drawn 2-wheeled vehicle used for farming or transporting freight
2
: a lightweight 2-wheeled vehicle drawn by a horse, pony, or dog
3
a
: a small wheeled vehicle see golf cart, grocery cart, shopping cart sense 1
b
: a table with wheels that is used especially for serving food
I make conversation after asking to look at the menu: That apple tart on the dessert cart—who made it, and what's in the crust?—
Corby Kummer
Corby Kummer4
: a temporary record of items selected for purchase from an online vendor : shopping cart sense 2
You head back to your favorite Web shopping site, and the stuff you crammed in your cart last time is still there, waiting for you to buy it or dump it.—Neil Randall
Neil Randall
carted; carting; carts
1
: to carry or convey in or as if in a cart
buses to cart the kids to and from school—L. S. Gannett
L. S. Gannett2
: to take or drag away without ceremony or by force
—usually used with off
they carted him off to jail
carter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of cart in a Sentence
Noun
a cart piled up with hay
Verb
We carted some dirt to the garden.
I carted all the books home.
He carted the bags away.
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Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Watson walked off with his arms around two staff members, entered the medical tent and later rode a cart into the locker room with his head in hand.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Watson was carted to the locker room and did not return.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
María was not earning nearly enough at the cookie factory, and Mercedes was risking fines for selling coffee from a cart on the street in downtown Brooklyn.
—Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Watson walked off with his arms around two staff members, entered the medical tent and later rode a cart into the locker room with his head in hand.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was carted off to the locker room after going down to an apparent non-contact injury.
—Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Watson was carted to the locker room and did not return.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cart. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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cart
1 of 2 noun1
: a heavy two-wheeled wagon usually pulled by a horse
2
: a light usually two-wheeled vehicle
pony cart
cart
2 of 2 verb
: to carry in or as if in a cart
carter
noun
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