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cart

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)t
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɑːt/
  • General-American: kärt
  • General-American: /kɑɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Inland North Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams, a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel racing in motorsports in the United States of America. (Compare USAC, FIA.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its tributaries Black Cart Water and White Cart Water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The grocer delivered his goods by cart.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A shopping cart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: broadcasting, media, radio

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A cartridge for a computer or video game system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games

Examples

  • My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens; a detachable clearomizer, usually threaded and prefilled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, slang

Examples

  • Whoah! Where did you get a DMT cart?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Acronym of classification and regression tree

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To carry or convey in a cart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To carry goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • I've been carting these things around all day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wagon, waggon

Narrower terms: dogcart, dumpcart, horse cart, horse-cart, jaunting car, jaunty car, jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw, oxcart, pony cart, ponycart, donkey cart, tub-cart, water cart

16

noun

Meaning 16

wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he used a handcart to carry the rocks away
  • their pushcart was piled high with groceries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: handcart, pushcart, go-cart

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheeled vehicle

Narrower terms: applecart, barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow, hand truck, truck, laundry cart, serving cart, shopping cart

17

verb

Meaning 17

transport something in a cart

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transport, carry

18

verb

Meaning 18

draw slowly or heavily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • haul stones
  • haul nets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haul, hale, drag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pull, draw, force

Narrower terms: bowse, bouse

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

Clipping of cartridge.

Across languages

Translations

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qerre — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Southern Altai: абра (abra) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Amharic: ጋሪ (gari) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Arabic: عَرَبَةُ نَقْل (ʕarabatu naql) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Arabic: عَرَبَة (ʕaraba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Arabic: حنطور (ḥanṭor) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Arabic: كارو (karro) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Arabic: كروسة (karrūsa) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Armenian: սայլ (sayl) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Azerbaijani: fayton — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Azerbaijani: araba — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Bashkir: арба (arba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Belarusian: воз (voz) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Belarusian: калёсы (kaljósy) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Breton: karr — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Bulgarian: ко́ла (kóla) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Bulgarian: кару́ца (karúca) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Burmese: လှည်း (hlany:) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Buryat: тэргэн (tergen) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Catalan: carretó — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Catalan: carret — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Catalan: carreta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chechen: ворда (vorda) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chinese: мачә (mačə) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手推車 /手推车 (shǒutuīchē) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手拉車 /手拉车 (shǒulāchē) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車 /车 (chē) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大车 (dàchē) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Cornish: kerrik — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Czech: vůz — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Czech: vozík — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Danish: kærre — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Dutch: kar — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Dutch: wagen — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Erzya: крандаз (krandaz) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Esperanto: ĉaro — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Estonian: vanker — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Finnish: kärry — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • French: chariot — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • French: charrette — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Friulian: cjâr — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Friulian: cjar — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Galician: carro — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Georgian: ოთხთვალა (otxtvala) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Georgian: საზიდავი (sazidavi) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • German: Wagen — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • German: Karre — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • German: Karren — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Greek: κάρο (káro) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Hebrew: עֲגָלָה (agalá) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Hindi: ठेला (ṭhelā) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Hindi: गाड़ी (gāṛī) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Hindi: अराबा (arābā) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Hungarian: szekér — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Icelandic: kerra — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Indonesian: kereta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ingrian: rattaat — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ingrian: kärri — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Irish: féan — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Irish: carr — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Irish: cairt — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Italian: carretto — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Italian: carrello — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Italian: carro — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Japanese: 荷車 (niguruma) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Japanese: カート (kāto) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Javanese: montor — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Kalmyk: тергн (tergn) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Kazakh: арба (arba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Khmer: ឆែ (chae) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Khmer: រថ (rŭət) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Korean: 수레 (sure) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Korean: 카트 (kateu) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Korean: 달구지 (dalguji) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Korean: 짐수레 (jimsure) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Northern Kurdish: parxêl — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Northern Kurdish: erebe — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Northern Kurdish: erebane — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Kyrgyz: араба (araba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Lao: ກວຽນ (kuīan) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Lao: ລົດ (lot) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Latgalian: roti — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Latin: plaustrum — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Latin: iumentum — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Latvian: rati — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Lithuanian: vežimas — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Lithuanian: ratai — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Macedonian: ко́ла (kóla) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Macedonian: ко́личка (kólička) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Macedonian: а́раба (áraba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Malay: kereta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Malay: pedati — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Māori: kāta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Middle Mongol: ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨ (tergen) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (terge) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Mongolian: тэрэг (tereg) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (terge) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjerre — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerre — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Occitan: carreta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Old Prussian: abasus — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Old Tupi: tapi'irarepanakũ — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Old Tupi: ybyrapararanga — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ossetian: уӕрдон (wærdon) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Pashto: ټانګه (ṭānga) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Pashto: ګاډۍ (gāḍəy) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Iranian Persian: گاری (gâri) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Iranian Persian: اَرابِه (arâbe) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Polish: fura — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Polish: wóz — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Polish: wózek — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Portuguese: carroça — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Portuguese: carreta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Romanian: car — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Romanian: căruță — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Romanian: șaretă — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Romanian: cărucior — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Russian: теле́га (teléga) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Russian: воз (voz) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Russian: пово́зка (povózka) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Russian: арба́ (arbá) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Salar: gañli — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Salar: dache — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Sanskrit: अनस् (anas) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Serbo-Croatian: коли́ца — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolíca — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Sinhalese: කරත්ත (karatta) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Slovak: vozík — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Slovene: voz — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Slovene: voziček — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Lower Sorbian: kara — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Spanish: carro — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Spanish: carreta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Spanish: catanga — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Sumerian: 𒈥𒁍𒁕 (MAR.BU.DA) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Swahili: mkokoteni — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Swahili: rukwama — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Swedish: kärra — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Tajik: ароба (aroba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Tatar: арба (arba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Telugu: బండి (baṇḍi) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Thai: เกวียน (gwiian) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Thai: รถ (rót) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Thai: ตะเฆ่ (dtà-kêe) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Tibetan: ཁོར་སྒྲོམ (khor sgrom) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Tocharian B: kokale — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Turkish: alışveriş arabası — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Turkish: kağnı — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاكلی (kañlı) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Turkmen: araba — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ukrainian: віз (viz) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Ukrainian: візо́к (vizók) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Urdu: گاڑی (gāṛī) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Urdu: اَرابَہ (arāba) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Uyghur: ھارۋا (harwa) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Uzbek: arava — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Venetan: car — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Venetan: caret — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Venetan: careta — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Vietnamese: xe bò — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Vietnamese: xe ngựa — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Vietnamese: xe — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Walloon: tcherete — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Walloon: begnon — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Yiddish: וואָגן (vogn) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Yiddish: וועגעלע (vegele) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Zazaki: ereba (diq) — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Zazaki: wesayıt — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Zhuang: ci — small, open, wheeled vehicle — see also wagon
  • Bulgarian: карт (kart) — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Cornish: kerrik — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Dutch: kart — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • German: Kart — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Japanese: カート (kāto) — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Portuguese: kart — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Swedish: gokart — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Welsh: cert — small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go cart
  • Bulgarian: превозвам (prevozvam) — To carry goods
  • Catalan: carretejar — To carry goods
  • Galician: carretar — To carry goods
  • German: befördern — To carry goods
  • German: karren — To carry goods
  • Norman: tchéthier — To carry goods
  • Quechua: astay — To carry goods
  • Welsh: cartio — To carry goods
  • Welsh: certio — To carry goods
  • Welsh: cludo — To carry goods