carbonado

¹

[kahr-buh-ney-doh]

noun

plural

carbonados, carbonadoes 

1. 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

plural

carbonadoes, carbonados 

1. a piece of meat, fish, etc., scored and broiled.

verb (used with object)

carbonadoed, carbonadoing 

1. to score and broil.

2. Archaic.,  to slash; hack.

carbonado

¹

/ ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ, -ˈnɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled

verb

1. to score and grill (meat, fish, etc)

2. archaic,  to hack or slash

carbonado

²

/ -ˈnɑːdəʊ, ˌkɑːbəˈneɪdəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: black diamond. an inferior dark massive variety of diamond used in industry for polishing and drilling

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado¹

1850–55; < Portuguese: carbonate

Origin of carbonado²

1580–90; < Spanish carbonada, equivalent to carbón charcoal ( carbon ) + -ada -ade ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbonado¹

C16: from Spanish carbonada, from carbón charcoal; see _carbon

Origin of carbonado²

Portuguese, literally: carbonated

Example Sentences

The gem is a carbonado, which is one of the toughest forms of natural diamond.

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The gem is a carbonado, one of the toughest forms of natural diamond.

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Also known as a carbonado diamond, it is possible the black diamond came from outer space.

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Black diamonds, also known as carbonado, are extremely rare, and are found naturally only in Brazil and Central Africa.

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A massive gold ring, which carried a carbonado nearly as large as the stopper of a beer bottle, was embedded in a fat finger of his right hand.

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