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countable and uncountable, plural carrots
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae. examples
(color) A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange). examples
(figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something. quotations examples
Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.
2022 August 7, Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman, “Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate”, in The New York Times
In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.
2023 August 7, Paul Krugman, “Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue”, in The New York Times
(UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background.
(UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
(slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person
third-person singular simple present carrots, present participle carroting, simple past and past participle carroted
(transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture. examples