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KAR-uh-t/ˈkærət/

A long orange vegetable from the ground is a carrot. Countable: a carrot, some carrots. Carrot soup and carrot cake are British favourites. A potato is brown and rounder; a carrot is orange and long. Rabbits are famous for liking them.

Meaning

A long orange vegetable that grows in the ground.

Examples

• “Rabbits like carrots.”
• “Cut the carrots for the stew.”
• “This salad has grated carrot in it.”

Good to know

a carrot / carrots. Orange vegetable. Uncountable in cake names sometimes.

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