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PUSHCART
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pushcart mean?
• PUSHCART (noun)
The noun PUSHCART has 1 sense:
1. wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
Familiarity information: PUSHCART used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cart; go-cart; handcart; pushcart
Context example:
their pushcart was piled high with groceries
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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