What does "carr" mean?
Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
Carr
/kɑː/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
- Grammar: carr is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: bog, family name, fen, last name.
- Useful contrasts: arid land, desert, dryland.
- Usage evidence: Carrà uses linking expressions.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
"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."
- 2 Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”). alt-of, archaic
- 3 Rock.
- 4 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.)
Proper Noun
- 1 A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”). countable, uncountable
- 2 A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr. countable, uncountable
- 3 A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A township in Clark County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 7 A place in the United States:; A township in Jackson County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 8 A place in the United States:; A township in Durham County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 9 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 10 A place in the United States:; A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River. countable, uncountable
- 11 A place in England:; A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester. countable, uncountable
- 12 A place in England:; A hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190). countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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"Carrà uses linking expressions."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "carr"?
Common synonyms include: bog, family name, fen, last name, marsh, swamp.
How do you use "carr" in a sentence?
Carrà uses linking expressions.
How do you pronounce "carr"?
Pronounced /kɑː/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety, itself from Old English carr; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
Etymology 2
From Old Northumbrian; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
Etymology 3
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr. * As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey. * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”)) * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).