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Carbonado
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Carbonado has 2 senses
- carbonado(n = noun.substance) black diamond - an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing; Array is a kind of adamant, diamond
- carbonado(n = noun.food) Array - a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled; Array is a kind of meat
CIDE DICTIONARY
Carbonado, n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.].
Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [1913 Webster]
Carbonado, v. t.
- To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [1913 Webster]"A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed." [1913 Webster]
- To cut or hack, as in fighting. [1913 Webster]"I'll so carbonado your shanks." [1913 Webster]
Carbonado, n. [Pg., carbonated.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Carbonado, n. (pl. -os) a dark opaque or impure kind of diamond used as an abrasive, for drills etc.
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