carotte

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US/kəˈɹɑt/UK/kəˈɹɒt/

noun

A cylindrical roll of tobacco

“a carotte of perique”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nouncarotte (plural carottes)

plural carottes · alternative carot

  1. A cylindrical roll of tobacco

    a carotte of perique

    1 more example

    He himself was obviously a non-smoker, and probably a total abstainer as well. I do not like to end this factual account of my smoking life with hard thoughts about a non-smoking official who deprived me of a carotte of tobacco.

    1957, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Sublime Tobacco

Origin

  1. Frenchcarotte
  2. Englishcarotte

From French carotte. Doublet of carrot.

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Cite this entry
APA

carotte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte

MLA

“carotte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carotte,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carotte.

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