carrots

[UK]['k?r?ts][US]['k?r?ts]

n.

Carrot (plural form of carrot); reward (promised to persuade someone to do something); reward (or sweetness) that cannot be cashed; bait (like a carrot hanging under the tip of a donkey's nose)

Bilingual examples

1.

a pound of carrots

A pound of carrots

2.

Chop the carrots up into small pieces.

Cut the carrots up into small pieces.

3.

Best buys of the week are carrots, which are plentiful and cheap.

It is most cost-effective to buy carrots this week because the supply is abundant and the price is low. .

4.

These are young carrots and you need not scrape them.

These are young carrots and you need not scrape them.

These are young carrots and you need not scrape them.

5.

These carrots are finely chopped.

These carrots are finely chopped.