Cart

Definition: Cart

Cart

Noun

1. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.

2. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries".

Verb

1. Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets".

2. Transport something in a cart.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cart" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Cart \Cart\, noun. [Anglo-Saxon cr[ae]t; compare to Welsh cart, Irish & Gaelic cairt, or Icelandic kartr. Compare to Car.]. (references)

19th Century Satire

Bible

Dream Interpretation

Slang in 1811

Sports & Leisure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CART

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cart

Carrier

Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud.

Pallet, brace, cart, dolley; support; fork lift.

Disorder

Phrase: the cart before the horse; gr/hysteron proteron/gr chaos is come again; "the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds ".

Displacement

Verb: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile; (seclude); ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade.

Exertion

Work hard; rough it; put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm; fall to work, bend the bow; buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel; (resolution); work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver; labor day and night, work day and night; redouble one's efforts; do double duty; work double hours, work double tides; sit up, burn the candle at both ends; stick to; (persevere) a; work one's way, fight one's way; lay about one, hammer at.

Inversion

Invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy; Adjective: culbuter; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.

Mart

Stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.

River

Irrigation. (water); pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti, mussuk.

Unskillfulness

Begin at the wrong end; do things by halves; (not complete); make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; (caprice); put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; (too late).

Vehicle

Truck, tram; cariole, carriole; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen, palanquin; litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle.

Noun: vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common carrier; wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry.

Motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.

Crosswords: Cart

Manx (tanner's bark ), Romanian (watch), Scottish (cast out, muck).

I don't want to go on the cart! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

It's a go cart, powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Boys, the next time you drive a golf cart over a catered lunch and into a swimming pool there will be consequences (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

I'm serious honey, the world is being Fedexed to hell in a hand cart. I honestly believe that anyone even considering bringing a child in to the world is cold, inconsiderate and an act of cruelty (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook)

You know, in Ireland a man with a horse, a cart and a book he knows how to read is the catch of the county (Restoration; writing credit: Rupert Walters)

Three Men in a Cart (1929)

Tipping the Cart in Mulberry Bend (1897)

Boat Wagon and Beach Cart (1897)

A La Cart (1997)

You Aint Nothing In This Town Without a Shopping Cart (1994)

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Books

• Autocourse CART Official Yearbook 2000-2001 (reference)

• Cart Champ Car 2003 Calendar (reference)

• Inside Racing: A Season With the Pacwest Cart Indy Car Team (reference)

• Lancelot: Or, the Knight of the Cart (reference)

• The Don't Put Your Cart Before the Horse Race (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cart News Media Guide (reference)

• Who Works In Cart (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Magical Snowman 3 Holiday Cart (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• HAKUBA USA INC PSRC-20 Pro Series Rolling Cart for Camera Equipment (reference)

• Cart Fury Championship Racing (reference)

• Super Scope w/o cart (reference)

• DLT 15 CART LIBRARY (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Nursery Organizer Cart (reference)

• Safe and Secure Shopping Cart Safety Seat (reference)

• American Woods 2075 Oak Wine Cart (reference)

• PRODUCT FIN CORP Luggage Cart (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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"Good" foods are displayed in a shopping cart. Some foods in the cart include vegetables, fruits and oyster crackers. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The image shows a shopping cart filled with "bad" snacks such as corn and potato chips, cookies, crackers, etc. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Ox team pulling a cart in the Southeast United States. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hubert Paton and Bloomberg in a Cebu cart Shore leave in the Philippines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Old mining cart at Garnet Ghost Town. Credit: Unknown.

[Moscow ambulance cart litter, Gungalin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Ambulance cart, Gungalin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Soldiers pull an ammunition cart along the beach at Massacre Bay, Attu, 12 May 1943. One of the LCVPs in the background is from USS Zeilin (APA-3). Credit: NAVY.

At the Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 August 1943, upon completion of overhaul and battle damage repairs. Note: SK-1 search radar and gunfire directors mounted atop her foremast and bridge; large false windows painted on her pilothouse, part of a camouflage scheme intended to make her look like a destroyer; Sailors pushing a cart full of battle helmets in the lower left; railway boxcars on the pier alongside the ship; lighter YF-280 in the left distance and crane vessel YD-98 at right. Circles mark recent alterations. Credit: NAVY.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

An old man, named Father Fauchelevent, had fallen under his cart, his horse being thrown down

The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Syria

There are three international airports in Syria: Damascus, Latakia, and Aleppo, which opened a new passenger terminal in June 1999. Recent renovations, including improved signage and baggage cart rental kiosks, have spruced up Damascus' modest terminal, passport control and parking areas. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

In addition a police sergeant reportedly hit a Romani man when he did not move his horse cart out of the way of police vehicles. (references)

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A cart user

Expressions using "cart": be in the cart ♦ box cart ♦ cart around ♦ cart away ♦ cart driver ♦ cart horse ♦ cart house ♦ cart load ♦ cart off ♦ cart road ♦ Cart rope ♦ cart track ♦ cart wheel ♦ cart whip ♦ concrete cart ♦ donkey cart ♦ Dray cart ♦ drive a cart ♦ dump cart ♦ Dumping cart ♦ garden cart ♦ go cart ♦ golf cart ♦ horse and cart ♦ Hose cart ♦ in the cart ♦ laundry cart ♦ lawn cart ♦ mail cart ♦ night cart ♦ ox cart ♦ pastry cart ♦ pull a cart ♦ push cart ♦ put a horse to cart ♦ put the cart before the horse ♦ record cart ♦ rubbish cart ♦ serving cart ♦ shopping cart ♦ sling cart ♦ T cart ♦ Tandem cart ♦ Tax cart ♦ tea cart ♦ the cart before the horse ♦ tilt cart ♦ to get the cart before the horse ♦ to put the cart before the horse ♦ to set the cart before the horse ♦ village cart ♦ water cart ♦ watering cart. Additional references.

Beginning with "cart": cart-end, cart-freshly, cart-harness, cart-horse, cart-horses, cart-house, cart-ladder, cart-pulling, cart-roads, cart-ruts, cart-shed, cart-shod, cart-tail, cart-track, cart-track plant, cart-tracks, cart-way, cart-wheel, cart-wheeled, cart-wheeling, cart-wheels, cart-wide, cart-wright.

Ending with "cart": apple-cart, dog-cart, farm-cart, ox-cart.

Containing "cart": push-cart man.

Afrikaans

kar (car, chariot). (various references)

Albanian

qerre (dray, oxcart, tumbrel, tumbril, waggon, wagon, wain), karrocë e vogël, karrocë dore (Barrow, hand-barrow, handcart, trolley, wheelbarrow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كاره عربة, ‏كارة, ‏نقل العربة, ‏نقل بالعربة (haul), ‏عربة لنقل الاثقال مجرورة, ‏عربة صغيرة, ‏عربة ذات دولابين. (various references)

Bulgarian 

талига (truck), кола за разнасяне на стоки, кола (car, carriage, cartful, drag, machine, motor car, quire, starch, wain, wheels), карам (auto, cause, drive, get along, have, impel, keep, lead, make, move, oar, occasion, pilot, propel, render, roll along, run, sail, serve, set, set off, start, urge on, wheel), мъкна (haul, lop, tote), двуколка (buggy, cabriolet, gig, tumbrel, tumbril, whisky). (various references)

Chinese 

推车, 手拉車 . (various references)

Czech

vozík (carriage), kára (gharry, handcart, tumbril). (various references)

Danish

tohjulet arbejdsvogn, kærre, Fællesskabsforanstaltning til fordel for turisme i landdistrikterne, dataassisteret radioterapi (computer-aided radiotherapy), arbejdsvogn (farm cart, waggon, wagon). (various references)

Dutch

kar (chariot), wagen (be bold, car, carriage, chariot, dare, hazard, risk, typewriter carriage, vehicle, venture), karretje (chariot), handkar (chariot). (various references)

Esperanto

ĉaro (chariot). (various references)

Faeroese

kerra (chariot). (various references)

Farsi 

چرخ (Axle, Cycle, Loop, Rhomb, Turquoise, Wheel), گاری , ارابه (Chariot, Wagon), دوچرخه (Bike), باگاری بردن . (various references)

Finnish

kärryt (barrow, chariot), rattaat (carriage, wagon). (various references)

French

charrette (farm cart), chariot (caddie). (various references)

German

Karren (Barrow, barrows, chariot, drive, trolley, trolleys, wheelbarrow). (various references)

Greek 

κάρο (dray, trumbrel, wagon), κουβαλώ (carry), χειράμαξα (Barrow, wheelbarrow). (various references)

Hebrew 

להעביר בקרון, לסחוב (drag, draw, haul, lug, pull), קרון משא (truck), קרון (caravan, carriage, waggon, wagon), עגלת יד (pushcart, wheelbarrow), עגלה (carriage, coach, trolley, tumbril, waggon, wagon), כרכרה (cab, carriage, dromedary, fiacre, stage), דו אופן. (various references)

Hungarian

kordé (trap). (various references)

Indonesian

kereta (car, carriage, coach), gerobak (caisson, car, truck, van, wagon). (various references)

Irish

cairt. (various references)

Italian

carretta (farm cart, tramp, tramp ship, tramp steamer, trolley, truck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

荷車 (wagon), 荷馬車 (dray, wagon), 屋台 (float, food cart), カーソル強調 (car chase, car train, card, card loan, card system, cardigan, cardinal, carton, cartoon, cartridge, curd, cursored emphasis, curtain, curtain antenna, curtain call, curtain lecture, curtain wall, passenger and freight train). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

にぐるま (wagon), にばしゃ (dray, wagon), カート , やたい (float, food cart). (various references)

Korean 

손수레. (various references)

Malay

gerobak (chariot). (various references)

Manx

cairtey (cartage, carting). (various references)

Papiamen

garoshi (chariot). (various references)

Pig Latin

artcay.(various references)

Portuguese

carroça (cart load, chariot, rig, wain), carro (auto, automobile, car, chariot, lorry, vehicle, wain), carrinho (bobbin, carriage, coil, dray, spool, stand, trolley, typewriter carriage). (various references)

Romanian

cotigã, car (carload, float, wain), cãruţã (caravan, carload, dray, waggon, wain), zvânta în bãtaie, transporta (bear, carry, carry away, charm, convey, deport, drive, forward, haul, remove, transport), haraba, furgon (fourgon, Van), duce cu mâna. (various references)

Romany

dingi. (various references)

Russian 

повозка (dogcart, gharri, gharry, hackery, hackney, oxcart, waggon, wagon, wain). (various references)

Scottish

cairt (a card, a cart, bark, card, chart, cleanse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

teretna kola (dray, waggon, wagon), kolica (go cart, praam, truck, wagon). (various references)

Spanish

carro (Barrow, car, carriage, chariot, motor, motorcar, shopping cart, tank, truck, waggon, wagon), carreta (tumbril). (various references)

Sranan

wagi (chariot). (various references)

Swedish

kärra (barrow, bus, carriole, drag, kite, pushcart, pushcart man, truck, tumbrel, tumbril), vagn (car, carriage, carryall, coach, trolley, waggon, wagon), åkdon (carriage, conveyance, vehicle). (various references)

Turkish

elarabası, at arabası (Clarence, coach, fiacre, hack, tumbrel), araba ile taşımak, araba (auto, autocar, automobile, car, carriage, gharry, motor, motorcar, wheel). (various references)

Turkmen 

araba. (various references)

Ukrainian

їхати на возі, колісниця (car, chariot), візок (buck, car, carriage, trolley, truck), віз (car, cartload, waggon, wagon, wain), возити на тачці, екіпаж (car, carriage, crew, equipage, hands, team, waggon, wagon), легко перемагати у грі, переважати (beat, exceed, outrank, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overgang, overpass, overpower, overtop, precede, predominate, preponderate, prevail), двоколка. (various references)

Vietnamese 

xe bò (rolley, rulley, shandrydan), lấy kết quả làm nguyên nhân, làm trái khoáy. (various references)

Welsh

certwyn (wain), certwain (wain), cert, trol, men (wagon, wain), ben (wagon, wain). (various references)

carpenta, carpentum, plaustra, plaustri, plaustris, plaustro, plaustrum. (various references)

carricare. (various references)

cariage. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "cart": cartable, cartage, cartages, carte, carted, cartel, cartelise, cartelised, cartelises, cartelising, cartelization, cartelizations, cartelize, cartelized, cartelizes, cartelizing, cartels, carter, carters, cartes, cartilage, cartilages, cartilaginous, carting, cartload, cartloads, cartographer, cartographers, cartographic, cartographical, cartographically, cartographies, cartography, carton, cartoned, cartoning, cartons, cartoon, cartooned, cartooning, cartoonings, cartoonish, cartoonishly, cartoonist, cartoonists, cartoonlike, cartoons, cartoony, cartop, cartopper, cartoppers. (additional references)

Words ending with "cart": applecart, dogcart, dumpcart, handcart, oxcart, pushcart, scart, teacart, tipcart. (additional references)

Words containing "cart": applecarts, dogcarts, dumpcarts, ecarte, ecartes, handcarts, oxcarts, pushcarts, scarted, scarting, scarts, teacarts, tipcarts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aart, caat, cact, caft, cagr, cairt, Cait, calt, capt, cara, carb, Carc, cari, carit, carj, carn, carnt, carot, carq, carta, cartd, Cartha, carty, caru, Caruth, carv, catt, caur, caut, Cazrti, ce, cerit, cerot, certa, Certo, Ceryth, cetra, cett, Cgatt, cirt, coart, cort, corta, corti, cract, crat, crta, csr, ctp, curft, curto, curtz, cxr, ecart, eckart, jart, karst, karti, kartr, kert, kirt, krat, kwart, uart, vart, zart. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: act, arc, art, car, cat, rat, tar.

-2 letters: ar, at, ta.

+1 letter: actor, bract, carat, caret, carte, carts, cater, chart, craft, crate, ratch, react, recta, scart, taroc, trace, track, tract, triac.

+2 letters: actors, acuter, amtrac, aortic, arctic, bracts, canter, cantor, captor, carate, carats, carets, carnet, carpet, carrot, carted, cartel, carter, cartes, carton, cartop, caster, castor, caters, cavort, centra, cerate, charts, citral, claret, coater, contra, costar, cottar, crafts, crafty, cratch, crated, crater, crates, craton, cravat, create, crista, curate, curtal, ecarte, factor, fracti, iatric, nectar, oxcart, preact, rachet, racist, racket, reacts, recant, recast, rectal, redact, retack, rictal, scarts, scrota, starch, tacker, tanrec, tarmac, tarocs, traced, tracer, traces, tracks, tracts, tragic, trance, triacs, trocar, turaco, uratic.