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carbo

carbo noun: carbohydrate.

Noun

carbo (plural carbos)

  1. (informal) carbohydrate
    • Instead of a head of mats, give yourself one of chili peppers or green beans or other snackable, filamentous source of quick carbos.2002, Jennifer Hanson, The Real Freshman Handbook

Proper noun capitalized: Carbo

Carbo (plural Carbos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of carbo

Noun
pluralcarbos
Proper noun
pluralCarbos

Origin of carbo

Clipping of carbohydrate.

Words formed from carbo

Questions about carbo

What does carbo mean?
Carbo means carbohydrate.
What part of speech is carbo?
Carbo can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of carbo?
The plural of carbo is carbos.

Words near carbo in the dictionary

  1. carbinyls
  2. Carbis Bay
  3. carbivore
  4. carbivores
  5. carbmethoxy
  6. carbo
  7. carbo-
  8. carbo-load
  9. carbo-loaded
  10. carbo-loading
  11. carbo-loads

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