golfcart
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Definition
Noun: A small, low-speed motorized vehicle designed primarily to transport golfers and their equipment around a golf course between shots. It typically has seating for two or four passengers and a storage area for golf bags.
Usage
The word "golfcart" is used to refer specifically to the vehicle used on a golf course. It functions as a singular, countable noun. * You must specify the number: a golfcart, two golfcarts. * It is the direct object of verbs like drive, use, rent, or park.
Examples
- As a subject:
- As an object:
- With a prepositional phrase:
Advanced Usage
- "golfcart-friendly": Describing a path, community, or area designed to accommodate or permit the use of golfcarts.
- The retirement community is golfcart-friendly, with dedicated lanes.
- Metonymic Use: Can sometimes refer to the concept of convenient, short-distance transport within a confined area.
- Getting around the large resort property felt like needing a golfcart.
Variants and Related Words
- Golf car: A variant term with identical meaning, sometimes preferred in formal or commercial contexts.
- Cart (informal, context-dependent): In the context of golf, "cart" is often understood to mean "golfcart."
- "Should we walk or take a cart?"
- Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) / Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV): Larger or more street-legal vehicles that share a similar design and function but are not exclusively for golf.
Synonyms
- Golf car: The direct synonym.
- Buggy (regional, chiefly British English): Can be used for a golfcart.
Related Phrases
- To drive/take a golfcart: The standard phrase for using one.
- It's too hot to walk; let's take a golfcart.
- Golfcart path: The designated paved or hard-surface trail for golfcarts on a course.
- Please keep the golfcart on the path to protect the grass.
Noun
- a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots