carbohydrate
UK/kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt//kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
carbohydrate noun: a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
Noun
carbohydrate (plural carbohydrates)
- A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
- These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist
- Synonyms:
- carb, saccharide
- Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
- I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
carbohydrate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
carbohydrate in Hindi
- organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose
- कार्बोहाइड्रेट kārbohāiḍreṭ
carbohydrate in Tamil
- மாச்சத்து, காபோவைதரேட்டு
carbohydrate in Marathi
- organic compounds such as sugar, starch or cellulose
- कर्बोदक karbodak
carbohydrate in Bengali
- শর্করা, শ্বেতসার, সেলুলোজ
More languagesFewer languages
- carbohydrate in Arabic
- كَرْبُوهِيدْرَات karbūhīdrāt
- carbohydrate in Malay
- karbohidrat
- carbohydrate in Indonesian
- karbohidrat
- carbohydrate in Persian
- کربوهیدرات karbohidrât
- carbohydrate in Thai
- คาร์โบไฮเดรต kaa-boo-hai-drèet
- carbohydrate in Vietnamese
- hyđat-cacbon, hợp chất than giống nước
- carbohydrate in Myanmar
- ကစီဓာတ် ka.cidhat
Examples of carbohydrate in a sentence
- On the advice of her doctor, Mary cut down on her carbohydrates.
- Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.
- Just eat enough carbohydrates to fuel your brain, it has nothing to see with "not losing weight because not eating enough", which is yet another dieting myth.
Synonyms of carbohydrate
Forms of carbohydrate
| plural | carbohydrates |
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Origin of carbohydrate
From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.
Words formed from carbohydrate
- amino carbohydrate
- anticarbohydrate
- carbohydrate loading
- carbo-load
- complex carbohydrate
- lipocarbohydrate
- noncarbohydrate
- polycarbohydrate
- simple carbohydrate
- thiocarbohydrate
- white carbohydrate
Questions about carbohydrate
- What does carbohydrate mean?
- Carbohydrate means a sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
- What is carbohydrate in Hindi?
- Carbohydrate in Hindi is कार्बोहाइड्रेट (kārbohāiḍreṭ). See Carbohydrate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is carbohydrate?
- Carbohydrate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce carbohydrate?
- Carbohydrate is pronounced /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of carbohydrate?
- The plural of carbohydrate is carbohydrates.
Words near carbohydrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carbohydrate (page history and authors); carbohydrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carbohydrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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