[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carrot.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / carrot

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/C/)

# carrot

«carrot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long orange vegetable; it is the root of a plant that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (carrot, carrots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A carrot is a long orange vegetable; it is the root of a plant that grows under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#m1)

2) A carrot is a reward used to make someone do something: «the carrot and the stick». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

food counted; rows in a garden, or fed to animals; in science, a root we eat; phrases «carrot cake», «carrot sticks», «carrot and stick»

### examples

- The rabbit eats 3 carrots a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x1)
- She planted 5 rows of 10 carrots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x2)
- A bag has 12 carrots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x3)
- He sold carrots for 1 dollar each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x4)
- We pulled carrots from the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x5)
- Carrot sticks make a healthy snack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x6)
- The snowman has a carrot for a nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x7)
- Grandma bakes carrot cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x8)
- Carrots grow under the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x9)
- The extra playtime was a carrot to finish work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x10)
- The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/#x11)

### note

Just a thing counted. Trap: «a day» makes it a rate. Do not confuse «carrot» with «carat» (weight of jewels) or «caret» (the ^ mark). Carrots alone do not give you night vision — a myth.

### In the corpora

- [Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/5/)
- [Bugs Bunny munches a carrot in every cartoon, so many people think carrots are what rabbits should eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/0/)
- [Real rabbits are built for grass and hay, and carrots are only a small sweet treat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/1/)
- [In cartoons potatoes grow on trees and carrots wink from bushes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/3/)
- [Carrots are orange because of beta-carotene, which the body turns into vitamin A, needed for the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carrot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carrot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.