🇬🇧Level A1
carrot
//ˈkærət//
Pluralcarrots
Definition
A tapering orange root vegetable, eaten as food.
To remember it
Picture the happy carrot character wearing a top hat and glasses, waving at you. Think of its orange color and the word 'carrot' as it looks like a friendly vegetable.
Examples
- A1
I eat a carrot every day.
- A2
The rabbit is eating a big carrot.
- B1
She cut the carrot into small pieces for the salad.
- B2
If you plant the carrot seeds now, they will be ready by autumn.
- C1
Having been harvested at dawn, the carrot retained an unusually sweet flavor.
- C2
Were the soil not so sandy, the carrot would have grown longer and more uniform.
Synonyms
root vegetabletaproot
Tags
foodvegetablecookingagriculture
