noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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Liquidise a large , raw carrot to a smooth paste, or boil or steam the carrot then mash it thoroughly.
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The next day, there might be a very large carrot .
medium
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Shred one medium carrot into ribbon strips with a potato peeler, repeat with one medium courgette.
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Cook over medium heat until carrots are soft, about 15 minutes.
raw
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Liquidise a large, raw carrot to a smooth paste, or boil or steam the carrot then mash it thoroughly.
■ NOUN
cake
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Pop corn and carrot cake with a comedy film bonanza.
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I go to wine bars, I eat carrot cake .
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The carrot cakes had been reduced to crumbs and the coffee cups were empty.
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Stop denying yourself food, stop eating carrots when what you really want is carrot cake .
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Next door to that I could buy carrot cake ice-cream.
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The odd chicken or a carrot cake would be much appreciated.
■ VERB
add
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Place beef in a large pan, add the celery, carrots , onions and leeks and mix together. 2.
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Meanwhile melt butter in medium pan and add carrots , shallot and mushrooms.
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Season and add the celery, carrots and leeks.
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Add leeks and saute slowly until they just begin to colon Add carrot and celery and saute for 3 minutes longer.
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Heat margarine in a pan. Add bacon, carrots , broccoli and peas.
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Simmer for one hour. Add carrots and celery, then beef broth.
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Add chopped onion and saute until golden. Add chopped carrots , garlic, stock and ginger.
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Reduce heat to medium and cook 1 hour 40 minutes. Add carrot , tomato and sugar.
chop
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Add chopped carrots and garlic and cook 2 minutes.
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I hope they chop off his hairy carrot .
cut
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Put the carrot on a cutting board and cut the carrot in half lengthwise.
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Now cut the zucchini in half lengthwise, the same way you cut the carrot .
eat
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I go to wine bars, I eat carrot cake.
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Stop denying yourself food, stop eating carrots when what you really want is carrot cake.
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Oh, poop, eat your carrots .
peel
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I peeled a carrot and opened a can of sardines.
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Add an onion, chopped in half, a few celery ribs and a couple of peeled carrots .
slice
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Chop garlic and onions; thinly slice carrots .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Governments were forced to adopt a carrot and stick approach to the trade unions.
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One of the carrots that Dad always dangled in front of me was that he was going to send me to college.
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The U.S. has held out the carrot of more aid and investment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add chopped carrots and garlic and cook 2 minutes.
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Boil the carrots in a saucepan until tender.
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Cook carrots according to package directions; drain.
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She dipped her carrot into the peanut butter as she went to the door.
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The carrot and stick approach is to do with reward and punishment, incentives and pressures.
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This time you need the top two centimetres from a thick carrot .
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You can sow these directly into the ground in April, along with carrots and parsnips.