carrot

carrot

US /ˈker.ət/ 
UK /ˈkær.ət/ 

a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground

carrot - هویج
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

Have you bought carrots for salad?

Oxford Essential Dictionary

carrot

 noun
a long thin orange vegetable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

carrot

carrot S3 /ˈkærət/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton]

1. [uncountable and countable] a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground:
grated carrots
carrot juice
2. [countable] informal something that is offered to someone in order to try and persuade them to do something:
They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.
3. carrot and stick informal a way of trying to persuade someone to do something by offering them something good if they do it, and a punishment if they do not:
the government’s carrot and stick approach in getting young people to find jobs

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carrot

 

car·rot [carrot carrots]   [ˈkærət]    [ˈkærət]  noun

1. uncountable, countable a long pointed orange root vegetable
• grated carrot

• a pound of carrots

2. countable a reward promised to sb in order to persuade them to do sth
Syn:  incentive
They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.
It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
Idiom: carrot and stick  
Word Origin:
late 15th cent.: from French carotte, from Latin carota, from Greek karōton.  
Example Bank:
to adopt the carrot-and-stick approach
Even with the carrot of a free lunch it is unlikely that many people will turn up.
He decided to use the carrot and stick approach.
In a market economy profits are the carrot that encourages firms to take risks.
• It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.

• They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

carrot     / kær.ət /      / ker- /   noun   [ C  or  U ]   (VEGETABLE) 
  
carrot     A2     a long pointed orange root eaten as a vegetable 

carrot     / kær.ət /      / ker- /   noun   [ C ]   informal   (REWARD) 
  
    C2     something that is offered to someone in order to encourage them to do something 

 carrot-top     / kær.ət.tɒp /      / ker.ət.tɑp /   noun   [ C ]   informal 
  
        a person whose hair is an orange colour:  
  Joe's blond and Rosie's a carrot-top. 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

carrot

[kæ̱rət]
 carrots
 1) N-VAR Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
 2) N-COUNT Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a `stick'.
 → See also carrot and stick
  They will be set targets, with a carrot of extra cash and pay if they achieve them...
  Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
  Syn:
  incentive

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

carrot

car·rot /ˈkerət/ noun, pl -rots
1 : the long orange root of a plant that is eaten as a vegetable

[count]

• She chopped some carrots for the soup.

[noncount]

• He added some grated carrot to the soup.

2 [count] informal : something that is offered as a reward or advantage to persuade a person to do something
• The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
✦This sense of carrot is often contrasted with stick, which suggests a punishment for not doing something.
• He'll have to choose between the carrot and the stick.
• The administration was criticized for its carrot-and-stick approach to foreign policy.

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