How do you use the word "carrot" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "carrot": She cut off the carrot tops. She has reddish hair, whence comes her nickname "Carrot".

Carrot Meaning

/ˈkæɹət/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

nounA shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

Sentence Examples

She cut off the carrot tops.

She has reddish hair, whence comes her nickname "Carrot".

Tom could hear Mary crunching on a carrot.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The rabbit eagerly munched on a fresh orange ____ from the garden.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I added a thinly sliced ____ to the salad for extra flavor today.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42:

"Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots." — 2022 August 7, Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman, “Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

"In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy." — 2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times:

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