- carrot⇄carrot, noun, verb.
- carrot⇄noun 1. a plant which has a long, tapering, orange-red root. It belongs to the parsley family.
2. its root, which is eaten as a vegetable, either cooked or raw.
3. (Figurative.) a reward or gain, especially one that is tantalizing and hard - carrot⇄v.t. to prepare (fur) for felting by subjecting it to chemical action, usually with mercuric nitrate.