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carbonado

1

[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]

noun

, plural car·bo·na·dos, car·bo·na·does.
  1. a massive, black variety of diamond, found chiefly near São Salvador, Brazil, and formerly used for drilling and other cutting purposes.


carbonado

2

[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]

noun

, plural car·bo·na·does, car·bo·na·dos.
  1. a piece of meat, fish, etc., scored and broiled.

verb (used with object)

, car·bo·na·doed, car·bo·na·do·ing.
  1. to score and broil.
  2. Archaic. to slash; hack.

carbonado

1

/ -ˈnɑːdəʊ; ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ /

noun

  1. an inferior dark massive variety of diamond used in industry for polishing and drilling Also calledblack diamond
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


carbonado

2

/ ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ; -ˈnɑːdəʊ /

noun

  1. a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to score and grill (meat, fish, etc)
  2. archaic.
    to hack or slash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado1

1850–55; < Portuguese: carbonate

Origin of carbonado2

1580–90; < Spanish carbonada, equivalent to carbón charcoal ( carbon ) + -ada -ade 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado1

Portuguese, literally: carbonated

Origin of carbonado2

C16: from Spanish carbonada, from carbón charcoal; see carbon
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Example Sentences

And then added with a grim smile, "But we'll see if an Englishman will not make as good a carbonado as a Portuguese!"

Ilmenite has sometimes been mistaken in the South African mines for carbonado.

The largest piece of carbonado ever recorded was found in Bahia in 1895, and weighed 3150 carats.

Extensive mines are worked at Carbonado, and test shafts have been opened at a few localities near the trail which we followed.

It is almost exclusively in the mines of Bahia, and in particular in the Cincora district, that the valuable carbonado is found.

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