- carroty
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adjective
Date: 1696
resembling carrots in color <carroty hair>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
carroty
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carroty — [kar′ət ē] adj. orange red, like carrots [carroty hair] … English World dictionary
Carroty — Car rot*y, a. Like a carrot in color or in taste; an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carroty — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a person s hair) orange red … English terms dictionary
carroty — car|rot|y [ˈkærəti] adj BrE carroty hair is orange … Dictionary of contemporary English
carroty — adjective hair that is carroty is orange … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
carroty — /ˈkærəti/ (say karuhtee) adjective 1. like a carrot root in colour; yellowish red. 2. having red hair: *Krater was a man of fine physique, and not quietly carroty as a man might be in these days of clean shaved faces and closeclipped heads, but… …
carroty — adjective resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant a boy with carroty hair • Pertains to noun: ↑carrot • Derivationally related forms: ↑carrot … Useful english dictionary
carroty — /kar euh tee/, adj. like a carrot, as in color, flavor, or shape. [1690 1700; CARROT + Y1] * * * … Universalium
carroty — adjective Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of a carrot … Wiktionary
carroty — car·rot·y || kærÉ™tɪ adj. carrot like; orange … English contemporary dictionary
