carroty
/ˈkarəti/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkarəti/
carroty
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- Final y vowel sound
car - ro - ty -> carroty
Myanmar meaning
(adj) နကြောင်ကြောင် (ဆံပင်)။
Full entry
carrot /'kærǝt/ n
၁။ [C,U] မုန်လာဥဝါ။
boiled beef and carrots ❍ Have some more carrots. ❍ grated carrot.
၂။ [C] မက်လုံး။
hold out/offer a carrot to sb.
❏ the carrot and the stick [IDM ] ချော့ချည်တစ်ခါ၊ ရိုက် ချည်တစ်လှည့်ဖြင့် လိုရာကိုစေခိုင်းခြင်း။
a carrot-and-stick approach.
❏ carroty adj (sometimes derog ) နီကြောင်ကြောင် (ဆံပင်)။
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Synonyms
incentive, inducement, bribe, bait, lure, candy, encouragement, persuasion, accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, allotment, allowance, allurement, ambush, appeal, appreciation, appropriation, apricot, asset, attraction, award, benefit, bittersweet, blue ribbon, bonus, boon, bounty, brainwash, bung, cake, call, camouflage, cantaloupe, capture, catalyst, catch, cause, championship, check, citation, come-on, comeuppance, compensation, con, con game, consideration, coral, coupon, cream, crown, cue, cut, decoration, decoy, delusion, desire, determinant, dispensation, dividend, divvy, draw, drive, enticement, excuse, exhortation, extra, fake, feather in cap, fee, find, first place, fringe benefit, gain, garland, gimmick, goad, gold, gold star, goodies, gravy, grease, ground, guerdon, hard sell, haul, honor, honorarium, hook, illusion, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, interest, inveiglement, invitation, jackpot, just deserts, lagniappe, laurel, leader, loot, magnet, medal, meed, merit, motivation, motive, mousetrap, nugget, one's share, pay, payment, payoff, peach, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pick, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder, portion, possession, prem, premium, privilege, prize, proceeds, profit, provocation, pull, punishment, purpose, purse, rationale, reason, reason why, recompense, red-yellow, regard, remittance, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, returns, reward, salmon, salve, scholarship, seducement
Antonyms
blame, block, bottom, certainty, deterrent, disadvantage, discouragement, disincentive, dislike, disregard, fact, forfeiture, hate, hindrance, lack, loss, lowness, need, neglect, paucity, penalty, prevention, punishment, reality, repulsion, truth, turn-off, want, warning
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