Meaning & use
a cart
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Meanings
nouncountable
A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a cart' or 'carts'.
Patterns
- push a cart
- pull a cart
- a cart full of something
He pushed a cart full of groceries to the car.
A cart stood by the side of the road.
She pulled a cart behind her bicycle.
verbtransitive
To carry something in a cart or move it with effort.
Grammar: Takes an object: cart the boxes upstairs.
Patterns
- cart something away
- cart something around
They carted the old furniture away.
We carted boxes up to the attic.
Word forms
| plural | carts |
|---|---|
| third person singular | carts |
| past tense | carted |
| past participle | carted |
| -ing form | carting |
Common combinations
- push a cart
- She pushed a cart through the supermarket.
- a shopping cart
- He left a shopping cart in the parking lot.
- cart something away
- They carted the rubbish away.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- cartload noun
- The amount that a cart can carry.
Commonly confused: a cart or car?
a cart vs car
A car is a motor vehicle, while a cart is a simple wheeled container.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'cart' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A cart is a wheeled container for carrying things. The other options are either impossible or use the wrong object.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a cart”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.