The meaning of Carrot

noun

A tapering orange-coloured root eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Roast lamb with peas and carrots

noun

A cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves, which yields carrots.

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Once grown, the plants are difficult to transplant because of their long taproots - parsley is in t…

noun

An offer of something enticing as a means of persuasion (often contrasted with the threat of something punitive or unwelcome).

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Carrots will promote cooperation over the environment far more effectively than sticks

noun

A nickname for a red-haired person.

Usage examples:

He pulled her red plaits and said in a loud whisper, ‘carrots! carrots!’

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A long, pointed, orange root, eaten as vegetable, either raw or cooked

Usage examples:

If they finished the construction ahead of schedule, they were offered the carrot of a bonus.