carrot
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Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A long, pointed orange root that is eaten as a vegetable.
She chopped a carrot into thin slices.
Rabbits are not the only animals that like carrots.
I grow carrots and potatoes in the garden.
Common collocations: baby carrot · carrot cake · grated carrot · bunch of carrots
Part of: Vegetables
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
Something good that is offered to persuade someone to do what you want.
The government used both the carrot and the stick.
Lower taxes were the carrot that persuaded them.
Common collocations: carrot and stick · offer a carrot
Part of: Attitudes and opinions
Forms
- plural
- carrots