cart

[ kahrt ]

noun

1. a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
2. a light two-wheeled vehicle with springs, drawn by a horse or pony.
3. any small vehicle pushed or pulled by hand.
4. Obsolete. a chariot.

verb (used with object)

1. to haul or convey in or as if in a cart or truck:

   to cart garbage to the dump.

verb (used without object)

1. to drive a cart.

verb phrase

1. to transport or take away in an unceremonious manner:

   The police came and carted him off to jail.

cart

¹

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. a heavy open vehicle, usually having two wheels and drawn by horses, used in farming and to transport goods
2. a light open horse-drawn vehicle having two wheels and springs, for business or pleasure
3. any small vehicle drawn or pushed by hand, such as a trolley
4. put the cart before the horse
   to reverse the usual or natural order of things

verb

1. usually tr to use or draw a cart to convey (goods, etc)

   to cart groceries

2. tr to carry with effort; haul

   to cart wood home

cart

²

/ kɑːt /

noun

1. radio television short for cartridge

CART

³

abbreviation for

1. Championship Auto Racing Teams

Derived Forms

• ˈcartable, adjective
• ˈcarter, noun

Other Words From

• carta·ble adjective
• carter noun
• un·carted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cart¹

before 900; Middle English cart ( e ), Old English cræt (by metathesis); cognate with Old Norse kartr cart

Word History and Origins

Origin of cart¹

C13: from Old Norse kartr; related to Old English cræt carriage, Old French carete; see car

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. on the water cart, British. wagon ( def 14 ).
2. put the cart before the horse, to do or place things in improper order; be illogical.

More idioms and phrases containing cart

• upset the applecart

Example Sentences

You can target general visitors to your product pages, product searchers, product viewers, shopping cart abandoners or past buyers.

From Search Engine Land

Average order value refers to how much each customer spends per cart checkout with your store.

From Search Engine Watch

Add-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.

From Search Engine Watch

That way, you will be able to understand the reason for cart abandonment.

From Search Engine Watch

Fortunately, there are techniques to reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates.

From Search Engine Watch

Or maybe it was from the handles of a grocery store shopping cart.

From The Daily Beast

So he turned around, and got in the back of the golf cart that was supposed to take him back to his car.

From The Daily Beast

Nearby a family of Turkish Kurds busied themselves in their fields piling vegetables onto a donkey-drawn cart.

From The Daily Beast

She wheels an injured boy out in a shopping cart full of watermelons.

From The Daily Beast

Brand pushes her cart with Ashton in it alongside her coworkers (one of whom was later killed in the attack).

From The Daily Beast

There is no part of these castings but may be easily conveyed in a common butt or cart.

From Project Gutenberg

Above them ran the railway-line fifteen feet broad; above that, again, a cart-road of eighteen feet, flanked with footpaths.

From Project Gutenberg

The horse, whose health had been drunk in his absence, was standing outside, ready harnessed to the cart.

From Project Gutenberg

The sand-cart swerved aside at the same moment, and Tony, from a distance, came galloping back towards them.

From Project Gutenberg

The boys arrived with the animals and sand-cart; the baskets were quickly arranged, Tony mounted, Tom helped Lettice in.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ferry
• haul
• tote