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carrot

noun

Promise of reward as in ‘carrot and stick’

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Word length
6
Starts with
C
Ends with
T
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
8
CEFR level
A2

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noun

  1. Promise of reward as in ‘carrot and stick’

    “Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote”

noun

  1. Orange root; important source of carotene

noun

  1. Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions

noun

  1. Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

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Used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote

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