carrotnoun
uk/ˈkær.ət/us/ˈker.ət/carrot noun (VEGETABLE)
A2 [ C or U ] a long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable
Examples
- It's rather early to be sowing carrot seeds, isn't it?
- If you put carrot tops in water they start to grow.
- The first solid food she gave her baby was mashed carrot.
- We had carrot and coriander soup for lunch.
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Types of vegetable
- alfalfa
- allium
- artichoke
- arugula
- asparagus
- corn on the cob
- cos lettuce
- courgette
- cress
- cucumber
- mooli
- new potatoes
- okra
- onion
- pak choi
- shitake mushroom
- spinach
- spring greens
- spring onion
- spud
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carrot noun (REWARD)
C2 [ C ] informal something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something
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Prizes, rewards and medals
- Academy Award
- award
- blue ribbon
- booby prize
- bronze
- bronze medal
- colour
- Grammy
- honor
- honorable
- honour
- honourable mention
- honours system
- Purple Heart
- quid pro quo
- reward
- ribbon
- rollover
- stake
- VC
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Idiom(s)
carrot and stick