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cart|horse /kɑː ^r thɔː ^r s/ (carthorses ) also cart-horse N‑COUNT A carthorse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery. □  Where we use tractors, obviously they used cart-horses in those days.

car|ti|lage /kɑː ^r t I l I dʒ/ (cartilages ) N‑VAR Cartilage is a strong, flexible substance in your body, especially around your joints and in your nose. □  …a serious knee cartilage injury.

car|tog|ra|pher /kɑː ^r tɒ grəfə ^r / (cartographers ) N‑COUNT A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.

car|tog|ra|phy /kɑː ^r tɒ grəfi/ N‑UNCOUNT Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.

car|ton /kɑː ^r t ^ə n/ (cartons )

1 N‑COUNT A carton is a plastic or cardboard container in which food or drink is sold. □ [+ of ] …a two-pint carton of milk.

2 N‑COUNT A carton is a large, strong cardboard box in which goods are stored and transported. [AM ]

car|toon /kɑː ^r tuː n/ (cartoons )

1 N‑COUNT A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine. □  …a cartoon strip in the Daily Mirror.

2 → see also strip cartoon

3 N‑COUNT A cartoon is a film in which all the characters and scenes are drawn rather than being real people or objects. □  …the Saturday morning cartoons.

car|toon|ist /kɑː ^r tuː n I st/ (cartoonists ) N‑COUNT A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.

car|too n strip (cartoon strips ) N‑COUNT A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story. [mainly BRIT ]

car|tridge /kɑː ^r tr I dʒ/ (cartridges )

1 N‑COUNT A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.

2 N‑COUNT A cartridge is part of a machine or device that can be easily removed and replaced when it is worn out or empty.

cart|wheel /kɑː ^r t ^h wiːl/ (cartwheels ) N‑COUNT If you do a cartwheel , you do a fast, circular movement with your body. You fall sideways, put your hands on the ground, swing your legs over, and return to a standing position.

carve /kɑː ^r v/ (carves , carving , carved )

1 VERB If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out. □ [V n] One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set. □ [V n prep] He carves his figures from white pine. □ [V ] I picked up a piece of wood and started carving. □ [V -ed] …carved stone figures.

2 → see also carving

3 VERB If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object. □ [V n + in/on ] He carved his name on his desk. □ [V -ed] The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century.

4 VERB If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it. □ [V n] Andrew began to carve the chicken. □ [V n + into ] Carve the meat into slices.

▸  carve up PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone carves something up , you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V P n] He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing. □ [V n P ] They have begun carving the country up like a pie.

carv|er /kɑː ^r və ^r / (carvers ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A carver is a person who carves wood or stone, as a job or as a hobby. □  The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.

carv|ing /kɑː ^r v I ŋ/ (carvings )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A carving is an object or a design that has been cut out of a material such as stone or wood. □ [+ of ] …a wood carving of a human hand.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu n N ] Carving is the art of carving objects, or of carving designs or writing on objects.

ca rv|ing knife (carving knives ) N‑COUNT A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.