Topic: FOOD DISH
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | carotte, from Late Latin, from Greek karoton |
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car‧rot
1 [uncountable and countable]HBPDFF a long pointed orange vegetable that grows under the ground : 
grated carrotscarrot juice
grated carrotscarrot juice2 [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.
They have refused to sign the agreement despite a carrot of £140 million.3 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 :
