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carbonado
1[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]
noun
- a massive, black variety of diamond, found chiefly near São Salvador, Brazil, and formerly used for drilling and other cutting purposes.
carbonado
2[ kahr-buh-ney-doh ]
noun
- a piece of meat, fish, etc., scored and broiled.
verb (used with object)
- to score and broil.
- Archaic. to slash; hack.
carbonado
1/ -ˈnɑːdəʊ; ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ /
noun
- an inferior dark massive variety of diamond used in industry for polishing and drilling Also calledblack diamond
carbonado
2/ ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ; -ˈnɑːdəʊ /
noun
- a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
verb
- to score and grill (meat, fish, etc)
- archaic.to hack or slash
Word History and Origins
Origin of carbonado1
Origin of carbonado2
Word History and Origins
Origin of carbonado1
Origin of carbonado2
Example Sentences
And then added with a grim smile, "But we'll see if an Englishman will not make as good a carbonado as a Portuguese!"
Ilmenite has sometimes been mistaken in the South African mines for carbonado.
The largest piece of carbonado ever recorded was found in Bahia in 1895, and weighed 3150 carats.
Extensive mines are worked at Carbonado, and test shafts have been opened at a few localities near the trail which we followed.
It is almost exclusively in the mines of Bahia, and in particular in the Cincora district, that the valuable carbonado is found.
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