carbonado C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˌkɑrbəˈneɪdoʊ/ UK /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an impure black industrial diamond; meat scored and grilled Drill bits were tipped with hard carbonado for cutting stone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an impure black industrial... diamondgrillbroilscore Word family Related forms carbon Etymology AI details From Spanish carbonado / Portuguese carbonado ('carbonated, charred'), from carbón / carbão ('coal, carbon'), from Latin carbō ('coal, charcoal'). carbō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # carbonado **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌkɑrbəˈneɪdoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/ ## Meanings 1. an impure black industrial diamond; meat scored and grilled ## Examples - Drill bits were tipped with hard carbonado for cutting stone. ## Synonyms - diamond - grill - broil - score ## Related Forms - carbon ## Roots and Affixes - Root: carbō ## Etymology From Spanish carbonado / Portuguese carbonado ('carbonated, charred'), from carbón / carbão ('coal, carbon'), from Latin carbō ('coal, charcoal'). ## AI Etymology Carbonado comes from Spanish carbonado / Portuguese carbonado ('carbonated, charred'), from carbón / carbão ('coal, carbon'), from Latin carbō ('coal, charcoal'). The historical trail runs through carbō in Latin. Used as a noun and verb, carbonado now means "an impure black industrial diamond; meat scored and grilled", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as carbon. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown