carrot

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”). Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick. Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs. === Pronunciation === enPR: kăr'ət (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹət/ (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹət/ (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹət/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹət/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹət/ Rhymes: -æɹət Homophones: carat, karat Homophone: caret (weak vowel merger) Hyphenation: car‧rot === Noun === carrot (countable and uncountable, plural carrots) A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. Synonym: (obsolete) more A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange). (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something. Coordinate term: stick (UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background. (UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London. (slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Fijian: kareti → Malay: karot → Tagalog: karot → Tamil: கேரட் (kēraṭ), காரட் (kāraṭ), கரட் (karaṭ), கேரட்டு (kēraṭṭu), காரட்டு (kāraṭṭu), கரட்டு (karaṭṭu) → Thai: แครอท (kɛɛ-rɔ̀t) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Queen Anne's lace ==== References ==== “carrot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Verb === carrot (third-person singular simple present carrots, present participle carroting, simple past and past participle carroted) (transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture. ==== Derived terms ==== carroting ==== See also ==== secretage === Anagrams === trocar