1cart1 (kɑːt
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- See put the cart before the horse
verb
- (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
Alternative Forms
ˈcartable adjective ˈcarter nounWord Origin
C13: from Old Norse kartr; related to Old English cræt carriage, Old French carete; see carTranslations
- British English:
cart
A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle, usually pulled by an animal....a country where there are more horse-drawn carts than cars.kɑːt NOUN ...a country where there are more horse-drawn carts than cars.
- Spanish:
carro
nm
- French:
chariot
nm
- German:
Karren
nm
- Chinese: 手推车 n
- Arabic: عَرَبَة
- Portuguese: carroça nf
- Russian: телега nf
- Croatian: kola na dva kotača npl
- Czech: vůz nm
- Danish: kærre nutr
- Dutch: kar n
- Finnish: kärryt npl
- Greek: καροτσάκι nnt
- Italian: carrello nm
- Japanese: 荷馬車 n
- Korean: 손수레 n
- Norwegian: vogn nm
- Polish: wóz nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: carroça nf
- European Spanish:
carro
nm
- Swedish: kärra nutr
- Thai: เกวียน n
- Turkish: at arabası n
- Vietnamese: xe ngựa n