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carboload

carboload is the alternative form of carbo-load.

Meaning of carbo-load

Verb

carbo-load (third-person singular simple present carbo-loads, present participle carbo-loading, simple past and past participle carbo-loaded)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To load up on carbohydrate-rich foods before exercise.
    • In addition to carbo-loading, many runners increase their fluid intake in the final days preceding a longer race to maximize their water stores and minimize dehydration during the race.2006, Matt Fitzgerald, Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners
    Synonyms:
    carb up

Forms of carboload

third-person singular presentcarboloads
present participlecarboloading
past participlecarboloaded
pastcarboloaded

Questions about carboload

What is carboload the alternative form of?
Carboload is the alternative form of carbo-load.

Words near carboload in the dictionary

  1. carbolite
  2. carbolize
  3. carbolized
  4. carbolizes
  5. carbolizing
  6. carboload
  7. carboloaded
  8. carboloading
  9. carboloads
  10. Carboloy
  11. carboluria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carboload (page history and authors); carbo-load (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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