carbonaceous
UK/kɑːbəˈneɪʃəs/
carbonaceous adjective: of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
Adjective
carbonaceous (comparative more carbonaceous, superlative most carbonaceous)
- Of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
- The commencement of its decomposition is marked by the reddish color of the liquid, and in a short time after, it becomes black, and deposits a thick carbonaceous substance, at the same time it loses its peculiar smell, and emits that of ammonia.1847, editorial staff, “Prussic Acid”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 72
carbonaceous meaning in Tamil
carbonaceous in Tamil
- கரிம, கரிளேள, காபனுள்ள, கரியுள்ள
Forms of carbonaceous
| comparative | more carbonaceous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most carbonaceous |
Origin of carbonaceous
From carbon + -aceous.
Words formed from carbonaceous
Phrases with carbonaceous
Words that rhyme with carbonaceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about carbonaceous
- What does carbonaceous mean?
- Carbonaceous means of, relating to, rich in, or yielding carbon, or a compound of carbon.
- What is carbonaceous in Tamil?
- Carbonaceous in Tamil is கரிம, கரிளேள, காபனுள்ள. See Carbonaceous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carbonaceous?
- Carbonaceous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce carbonaceous?
- Carbonaceous is pronounced /kɑːbəˈneɪʃəs/ (UK).
Words near carbonaceous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: carbonaceous (page history and authors); carbonaceous (Tamil 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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