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Word entry · 6 letters

carrot

Best crossword clue

"Crunchy orange vegetable"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæɹət/Part of speech nounSorted acorrtStarts with CEnds with T4 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2A3R4R5O6T

Definitions

  1. Orange root vegetable used raw, cooked, or in soup.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”).

Used in a sentence

  • In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary.
  • Essentially, lawmakers replaced the sticks with carrots.
  • In 2022, when the Biden administration finally succeeded in passing a major climate bill, it consisted almost entirely of carrots—tax credits and subsidies for green energy.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Crunchy orange vegetable6 letters
02Crunchy root for soup6 letters
03Orange vegetable in soup6 letters
04Orange root vegetable6 letters

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