Sekirov Dictionary

carrot

/ˈkæɹət/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
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(figurative) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
- Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots. — 2022
A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).
(slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person
(UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
(slang, offensive) Someone from a rural background.

verb1

To treat (an animal pelt) with a solution of mercuric nitrate as part of felt manufacture.

forms

carroted · carroting · carrots

Phrases with carrot

carrot and stick
The simultaneous rewarding of good behavior and punishing of bad behavior.

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