- carrot car·rot n
- ['kærət]
carota
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
carrot car·rot n
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car´rot|i|ness — car|rot|y «KAR uh tee», adjective, rot|i|er, rot|i|est. 1. like a carrot in color; orange red: »She was attractive, with…amazing hair, which could only be described as a carroty, fiery orange colour (Cape Times) … Useful english dictionary
car|rot|y — «KAR uh tee», adjective, rot|i|er, rot|i|est. 1. like a carrot in color; orange red: »She was attractive, with…amazing hair, which could only be described as a carroty, fiery orange colour (Cape Times) … Useful english dictionary
car|rot — «KAR uht», noun, verb. –n. 1. a plant which has a long, tapering, orange red root. It belongs to the parsley family. 2. its root, which is eaten as a vegetable, either cooked or raw. 3. Figurative. a reward or gain, especially one that is… … Useful english dictionary
Carrot — Car rot, n. [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. ?] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant ({Daucus Carota}), of many varieties. [1913 Webster] 2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle shaped, and of a reddish… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carrot — car|rot [ˈkærət] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton] 1.) [U and C] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground ▪ grated carrots ▪ carrot juice 2.) informal … Dictionary of contemporary English
carrot — car|rot [ kerət ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount a long hard orange vegetable that grows under the ground and has green leaves on its top 2. ) count INFORMAL something that someone promises you as a way of encouraging you to do something: the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
carrot — car·rot kar ət n a biennial plant of the genus Daucus (D. carota) that bears seeds which have been used esp. as a diuretic and stimulant and that in cultivated varieties has a yellow or orange red tapering root which is used as a vegetable also… … Medical dictionary
carrot — car•rot [[t]ˈkær ət[/t]] n. 1) pln a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having fernlike leaves and umbels of small white flowers 2) pln the orange to yellow root of this plant, eaten raw or cooked 3) cvb something offered as an… … From formal English to slang
carrot-and-stick — car·rot and stick (kărʹət ən stĭkʹ) adj. Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot and stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. * * * … Universalium
carrot — car·rot … English syllables
wild carrot — wild′ car′rot n. bot (boi pln) Queen Anne s lace … From formal English to slang
