carr

plural carrs

1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.

   The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs.

   2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 155

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   The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.

   2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus, published 2008, page 16

2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

plural carrs

1. archaicArchaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).

plural carrs

1. NorthumberlandRock.

plural Carrs · alternative Kerr · alternative Corr · alternative Corry · alternative Corrie · alternative Curry · alternative Corrie · alternative Carry

1. countableuncountableA northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
2. countableuncountableA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
3. countableuncountableA surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.

   That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.

   2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN

4. countableuncountableAn Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
5. A place in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
   2. countableuncountableA township in Clark County, Indiana.
   3. countableuncountableA township in Jackson County, Indiana.
   4. countableuncountableA township in Durham County, North Carolina.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
   6. countableuncountableA river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
6. A place in England:
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
   2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190).