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PUSHCART

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels

Example:

their pushcart was piled high with groceries

Synonyms:

cart; go-cart; handcart; pushcart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pushcart" is a kind of...):

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)

Meronyms (parts of "pushcart"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pushcart"):

applecart (a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street)

barrow; garden cart; lawn cart; wheelbarrow (a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels)

hand truck; truck (a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects)

laundry cart (handcart for moving a load of laundry)

serving cart (a handcart for serving food)

shopping cart (a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping)

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