cart

CEFRB1

/kɑːt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small vehicle used to carry things.

  2. 02

    verb

    To carry or move something, often with difficulty.

Examples

  • Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

  • Planning the wedding before proposing is putting the cart before the horse.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A shopping cart.

  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

  3. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

More examples

In context

  • I've been carting these things around all day.

  • My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.

  • The grocer delivered his goods by cart.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The farmer loaded hay onto the wooden blank before heading to the barn.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).