: a table with wheels that is used especially for serving food
I make conversation after asking to look at the menu: That apple tart on the dessert cart—who made it, and what's in the crust? Corby Kummer
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: a temporary record of items selected for purchase from an online vendor : shopping cartsense 2
You head back to your favorite Web shopping site, and the stuff you crammed in your cart last time is still there, waiting for you to buy it or dump it. Neil Randall
Noun a cart piled up with hay Verb We carted some dirt to the garden. I carted all the books home. He carted the bags away.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Retailers accept the backend fees of buy now, pay later services because the products increase cart sizes.CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022 Casas got a laundry cart ride after his second-inning homer Tuesday night at Fenway. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 Prost Marketplace some competition for best cart pod in the city.oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2022 This week Vega, 35, was arrested in San Antonio on charges of attempting to kidnap a 4-year-old from her mother’s shopping cart in a West Side Walmart. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2022 Luckily, using a hose reel or hose cart can make tending to your garden an easier task. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022 Golf cart travel in South Florida has been on the rise for years now. Daniel Lustig, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 Tickets are $150 and include green fees and cart, range balls, box lunch, dinner and a goodie bag. Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 Eighteen holes and cart-skins starts at 8:30 a.m., with dinner and awards to follow at 1:30 p.m. Rich Heileman, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
Verb
Those of all faiths who are not fasting find colorful candies to sample, falafel to devour, and racks of animal carcasses to cart away for dinner.The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 Beside them was a second queue of day laborers with wheelbarrows, who’d shown up in the hope of earning the equivalent of 50 cents, if that, to cart heavy sacks of flour and beans back to people’s homes.New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022 However, there are valid signs to watch out for before clicking the add to cart button and verifying whether your license is authentic. Yec, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 Customers can add-to-cart a small $2,200 Halo Lamp by Bradley Bowers or a $96,600 Collar Table by Floris Wubben or a more widely available piece from manufacturers like De La Espada and Arflex. Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 The Bruins enjoyed a gilded path with no Tampa Bay, Washington, or Pittsburgh and blew a golden opportunity to cart the Cup around Causeway Street. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Once play resumed, after an unacceptably long period of time, if only because of the emergency medical technicians’ delay to cart the stretcher onto the field, Musgrove needed one pitch to finish the inning, retiring Joey Bart on a groundout. John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2022 Last year’s sale saw many stellar beauty finds from brands like Paula’s Choice, La Mer, and Revitalash to name a few—which Vogue editors eagerly added to cart amongst fashion finds and wardrobe essentials. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 June 2022 Add to cart, check out, and say hello to brighter undereyes.Allure, 31 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, probably from Old Norse kartr; akin to Old English cræt cart