cart
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
Obsolete. a chariot.
to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck: to cart garbage to the dump.
to drive a cart.
cart off / away to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner: The police came and carted him off to jail.
Idioms about cart
on the water cart, British. wagon (def. 14).
put the cart before the horse, to do or place things in improper order; be illogical.
Origin of cart
1Other words from cart
- cart·a·ble, adjective
- carter, noun
- un·cart·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with cart
- cart , carte
Words Nearby cart
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How to use cart in a sentence
You can target general visitors to your product pages, product searchers, product viewers, shopping cart abandoners or past buyers.
Microsoft Advertising expands LinkedIn Profile, dynamic remarketing, in-market audience targeting | Ginny Marvin | September 4, 2020 | Search Engine LandAverage order value refers to how much each customer spends per cart checkout with your store.
Nine tips to increase the average order value (AOV) of your ecommerce store | Kevin Payne | June 24, 2020 | Search Engine WatchAdd-ons may be displayed like related products but they vary in their use in that add-ons are offered as a way to complement something users have in their cart.
Nine tips to increase the average order value (AOV) of your ecommerce store | Kevin Payne | June 24, 2020 | Search Engine WatchThat way, you will be able to understand the reason for cart abandonment.
Five quick ways to speed up your ecommerce conversions | Joydeep Bhattacharya | May 28, 2020 | Search Engine WatchFortunately, there are techniques to reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates.
Five quick ways to speed up your ecommerce conversions | Joydeep Bhattacharya | May 28, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
Or maybe it was from the handles of a grocery store shopping cart.
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush | Sujay Kumar | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo he turned around, and got in the back of the golf cart that was supposed to take him back to his car.
Nearby a family of Turkish Kurds busied themselves in their fields piling vegetables onto a donkey-drawn cart.
Impotent U.S. Airstrikes, Passive Turks and an ISIS Triumph | Jamie Dettmer | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe wheels an injured boy out in a shopping cart full of watermelons.
Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath | Nina Strochlic | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrand pushes her cart with Ashton in it alongside her coworkers (one of whom was later killed in the attack).
Westgate's Chilling Security Video Reveals Shopping Mall Bloodbath | Nina Strochlic | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is no part of these castings but may be easily conveyed in a common butt or cart.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickAbove them ran the railway-line fifteen feet broad; above that, again, a cart-road of eighteen feet, flanked with footpaths.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe horse, whose health had been drunk in his absence, was standing outside, ready harnessed to the cart.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensThe sand-cart swerved aside at the same moment, and Tony, from a distance, came galloping back towards them.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe boys arrived with the animals and sand-cart; the baskets were quickly arranged, Tony mounted, Tom helped Lettice in.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for cart (1 of 3)
/ (kɑːt) /
a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods
a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure
any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley
put the cart before the horse to reverse the usual or natural order of things
(usually tr) to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc): to cart groceries
(tr) to carry with effort; haul: to cart wood home
Origin of cart
1Derived forms of cart
- cartable, adjective
- carter, noun
British Dictionary definitions for cart (2 of 3)
/ (kɑːt) /
radio television short for cartridge (def. 4)
British Dictionary definitions for CART (3 of 3)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cart
In addition to the idioms beginning with cart
- cart before the horse, put the
- cart off
also see:
- upset the applecart
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