1
: a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Umbelliferae, the carrot family) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible root
also
: its root
2
: a reward or advantage offered especially as an inducement
The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
Examples of carrot in a Sentence
She chopped some carrots for the soup.
He added some grated carrot to the soup.
The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
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Dip with tortilla chips, baby carrots, cucumbers, or crudités.
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Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2024
By this logic, making the goods less expensive—expanding household budgets via subsidies, return-to-career guarantees, and other financial carrots—should be enough to push parents to have more kids.
—Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
The 2022 law opted for carrots rather than sticks and will spend hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to transform the country’s energy system.
—TIME, 30 July 2024
On top and all around is a red broth crowded with diced carrot and potato in chunky squares.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
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Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2024
By this logic, making the goods less expensive—expanding household budgets via subsidies, return-to-career guarantees, and other financial carrots—should be enough to push parents to have more kids.
—Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
The 2022 law opted for carrots rather than sticks and will spend hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to transform the country’s energy system.
—TIME, 30 July 2024
On top and all around is a red broth crowded with diced carrot and potato in chunky squares.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for carrot
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“Carrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrot. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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carrot
noun
car·rot
ˈkar-ət 
: the long orange edible root of a common garden plant that is eaten as a vegetable
also
: a plant that produces a carrot
Medical Definition
carrot
noun
car·rot
ˈkar-ət
: a biennial plant of the genus Daucus (D. carota) that bears seeds which have been used especially 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
: its root
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