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Webster 1913 Edition


Carbonado

{

Car′bo-nade

,

Carˊbo-na′do

, }
Noun.
[Cf. F.
carbonnade
, It.
carbonata
, Sp.
carbonada
, from L.
carbo
coal.]
(Cookery)
Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.
[Obs.]

Carˊbo-na′do

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Carbonadoes
(#)
.
[Pg., carbonated.]
(Min.)
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Definition 2024


carbonado

carbonado

English

Noun

carbonado (plural carbonados or carbonadoes)

  1. Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.

Verb

carbonado (third-person singular simple present carbonados, present participle carbonadoing, simple past and past participle carbonadoed)

  1. (transitive) To cut and cook something in this manner.
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cut or hack, as in combat.
    • Shakespeare
      I'll so carbonado your shanks.

See also

Etymology 2

Portuguese carbonado, carbonated

Noun

carbonado (plural carbonados or carbonadoes)

  1. A black diamond used in drilling.

Italian

Etymology

carbo- +

Noun

carbonado m (plural carbonadi)

  1. carbonado (black diamond)