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cart

  • noun
  • kärt

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

Example

“The grocer delivered his goods by cart.”

Other meanings

  1. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

  2. A shopping cart.

A kind of

  • wagon

Kinds of cart

  • horse cart
  • donkey cart
  • water cart
  • slip-tongue wheels

Word history

From Old Norse "kartr" (wagon; cart).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cart” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.