cart

/kɑrt/

/kɑt/

Other forms: carts; carted; carting

A cart is a vehicle with wheels that's pulled by an animal, a person, or by another vehicle. You could attach a cart to your dog and teach him to pull it around.

The typical cart is hooked up to a draft horse or another farm animal. Other kinds of carts include hand carts, which can be stacked with heavy items and easily pushed or pulled by people; and golf carts, which are open vehicles that are powered by electricity or gasoline. When you cart something around, you lug it or transport it. The word cart comes from a Scandinavian source, probably the Old Norse kartr.

Definitions of cart

1. noun

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

   dogcart

   a cart drawn by a dog

   dumpcart

   a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling

   horse cart, horse-cart

   heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work

   jaunting car, jaunty car

   an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland

   jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw

   a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person

   oxcart

   a cart that is drawn by an ox

   donkey cart, pony cart, ponycart, tub-cart

   a cart with an underslung axle and two seats

   water cart

   cart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale)

   camion, dray

   a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage

   tumbrel, tumbril

   a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

   watering cart

   water cart with a tank and sprinkler for sprinkling roads

   type of:

   waggon, wagon

   any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
2. noun

   wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
   synonyms: go-cart, handcart, pushcart

   types:

   applecart

   a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street

   barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow

   a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

   hand truck, truck

   a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

   laundry cart

   handcart for moving a load of laundry

   serving cart

   a handcart for serving food

   shopping cart

   a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping

   pastry cart

   a serving cart for displaying pastry desserts to restaurant patrons

   tea cart, tea trolley, tea wagon, teacart

   serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments

   type of:

   wheeled vehicle

   a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
3. verb

   transport something in a cart
   type of:

   carry, transport

   move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
4. verb

   draw slowly or heavily
   synonyms: drag, hale, haul

   types:

   bouse, bowse

   haul with a tackle

   type of:

   draw, force, pull

   cause to move by pulling