carrot
IPA: kˈærʌt
noun
- A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
- (color) A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
- (figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
- (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
verb
- (transitive) To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.
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