cart

Pronunciation: /kɑːt/

Definition of cart

a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse:a horse and cart
a shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand.
(also shopping cart)North American term for shopping trolley.
(also shopping cart) a facility on a website that records items selected by a customer for purchase until the transaction is completed:from the product page select the size and quantity you’d like and click ‘Buy’ to add it to your cart

[with object]

1convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle:the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso

2 [with object and adverbial of direction] informal carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty:they carted the piano down three flights of stairs
remove or convey (someone) somewhere unceremoniously:they were carted off to the nearest police station
Cricket hit (the ball) with a powerful stroke that sends it a long way: he carted Sinfield for six

Phrases

in the cart: British informal in trouble or difficulty: if he didn’t finish the round the whole team would be in the cart
put the cart before the horse: reverse the proper order or procedure of something.

Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre (see car)

Definition of cart in the US English dictionary