shopping cart
noun
a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
shopping carts
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pluralof shopping cart.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A woman with two shopping carts told me she’s been homeless for 5½ years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“It is most unlikely,” Justice Alito adds, “that the supermarket employee who is gathering up shopping carts in the parking lot or the employee who is restocking shelves will possess that authority.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Target’s turnaround efforts include everything from redesigned shopping carts to a “concierge” service for baby products.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
And so the tents began to come down, and the suitcases, shopping carts, wagons, bicycles, etc., began to fill up.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
There are plenty of kids around, pushing shopping carts and wheelbarrows, and pulling wagons piled high with chain.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
