carboniferous
/ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/
carboniferous adjective: containing or producing carbon.
Adjective (1)
carboniferous (comparative more carboniferous, superlative most carboniferous)
- Containing or producing carbon.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Carboniferous
Carboniferous (not comparable)
- Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.
- The earliest ink sacs appear in the fossil record in the Carboniferous period around 330 million years ago in cephalopods such as Donovaniconus, Gordoniconus and Saundersites which show a mix of features from older and more modern groups and are placed in their own order, Donovaniconida (Doguzhaeva...2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026
Proper noun capitalized: Carboniferous
the Carboniferous
- The Carboniferous period.
carboniferous meaning in Tamil and Bengali
carboniferous in Tamil
- காபனிபெரசு காலம், கரிமம் கொண்ட, நிலக்கரிக்குரிய
carboniferous in Bengali
- কার্বন ধারণকারী, উৎপাদনকারী
Forms of carboniferous
| comparative | more carboniferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most carboniferous |
Origin of carboniferous
From carbon + -i- + -ferous.
From carboniferous (“producing carbon”), from carbon + -i- + -ferous.
Words formed from carboniferous
Words that rhyme with carboniferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about carboniferous
- What does carboniferous mean?
- Carboniferous means containing or producing carbon.
- What is carboniferous in Tamil?
- Carboniferous in Tamil is காபனிபெரசு காலம், கரிமம் கொண்ட, நிலக்கரிக்குரிய. See Carboniferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is carboniferous?
- Carboniferous can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce carboniferous?
- Carboniferous is pronounced /ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near carboniferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carboniferous (page history and authors); Carboniferous (page history and authors); carboniferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); carboniferous (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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