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carbonado.

Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈnɑː-/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/General-American
  1. Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled.

    dated
Where this word comes from

The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata. The verb is derived from the noun.

verb/ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈnɑː-/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/General-American
  1. To make a carbonado of; to score and broil.

    also · dated · figuratively · transitive
  2. To cut or hack, as in combat.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

The noun is derived from Spanish carbonada (“carbonized”) (from carbonar (“to carbonize”)) + -ado (suffix forming past participles of regular verbs ending in -ar). Carbonada appears to have been modelled after Italian carbonata (“coal pile; stew of beef in red wine”), from carbone (“coal; charcoal”) (from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”)) + -ata. The verb is derived from the noun.

noun/ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈnɑː-/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑɹbəˈneɪdoʊ/General-American
  1. A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese carbonado (“carbonized”), probably from carbono (“carbon”) (currently only attested later than carbonado) + -ado (suffix forming adjectives from nouns meaning ‘something or someone who has suffered the action’). Carbono is borrowed from French carbone (“carbon”), from Latin carbō (“coal; charcoal”); for further derivation, see etymology 1.

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