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HANDCART
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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 ("handcart" 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 "handcart"):
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 "handcart"):
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)
