cart

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
3. (Internet) A shopping cart.

Verb

1. (transitive) To carry or convey in a cart.
2. (informal, transitive) To carry goods.
3. (transitive) To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Synonyms

wagon

carriage

chariot

trolley

car

🚗

vehicle

waggon

haul

dray

go-cart

drag

buggy

hale

coach

handcart

pushcart

draw

palanquin

telega

wheelbarrow

tram

🚊

lug

trolley

wain

carry

barrow

bandy

push-cart

shopping cart

🛒

gig

caddy

equipage

cab

baby buggy

oxcart

bring

automobile

aid

cartridge

motorcar

cart-load

box

📦

lorry

motor car

motor-car

motor vehicle

cartload

oxen

litter

limber

Translations

charrette

carro

Karren

Wagen

chariot

carroça

wagen

kar

carreta

carro

handkar

karretje

Karre

Fuhrwerk

carro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cart

Cognate with Old English: cræt

Cognate with Western Frisian: kret

Cognate with Dutch: krat

Cognate with German: Krätze

Cognate with Sanskrit: ग्रन्थ

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Putting the cart before the horse .